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Sep 19, 20231 min read

Armenian Assembly Calls On U.S. To Exercise Duty To Prevent Genocide By Aliyev & Erdogan Regimes

Washington, D.C. - On September 19, at around 1 p.m. local time, the Azerbaijani armed forces violated the ceasefire along the entire...

Sep 14, 20237 min read

Senator Menendez Emphasizes Urgency of Humanitarian Crisis Due to Blockade in SFRC Hearing

Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations WASHINGTON, D.C. – The United States Senate Committee...

Sep 8, 20232 min read

The Assembly's D.C. Summit "Advocate for Artsakh" Sept. 25-26

Washington, D.C. - The dire conditions in Artsakh, wherein Azerbaijan's immoral and illegal blockade of the Lachin Corridor continues...

Sep 6, 20237 min read

Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission Demands Aliyev Be Held Accountable For Genocide

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Congressional Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission held an emergency hearing on the ongoing blockade of...

Jul 19, 20231 min read

Governor Maura Healey to President Biden: Azerbaijan's Actions Cannot Be Tolerated

Washington, D.C. - Today, the Armenian Assembly of America (Assembly) welcomed a gubernatorial letter to President Biden making clear...

Jul 19, 20235 min read

Armenian Assembly Salutes Dr. Richard Hovannisian As He is Laid to Rest

Washington, D.C. - The Armenian Assembly of America (Assembly) deeply mourns the loss of Dr. Richard Hovannisian, an esteemed scholar and...

Jun 22, 20234 min read

Congressional Human Rights Commission Hears Powerful Testimony Condemning Azerbaijan

Washington, D.C. - The Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission (TLHRC) of the United States Congress held a high-stakes hearing to address the...

Jun 21, 20232 min read

Assembly Welcomes Bipartisan Letter Urging Administration to Enforce 907 of the FREEDOM Support Act

Washington, D.C. - A bipartisan letter addressed to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spearheaded by the Ranking Member of the House...

Jun 1, 20233 min read

Assembly Confronts Policies Enabling Genocide Against Democratic Armenia & Artsakh in Sen. Testimony

Washington, D.C. - Pressing for specific actions to reverse current Aliyev and Erdogan regime patterns of blatantly anti-democratic...

Apr 29, 20232 min read

Senators Menendez & Blackburn Introduce Bill To Support Armenian Genocide Education

Washington D.C. – Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)...

Apr 25, 20232 min read

In Memoriam: Boston Philanthropist and Assembly Life Trustee Nevart Talanian

Nevart (Semonian) Talanian Washington, D.C. - The Armenian Assembly of America (Assembly) mourns the passing of Nevart (Semonian)...

Apr 24, 20232 min read

Assembly Statement on Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day

Washington, D.C. - The Armenian Assembly of America welcomes the President’s statement on the Armenian Genocide and putting on record the...

Apr 21, 202312 min read

U.S. Officials Vow To Prevent Another Genocide During Capitol Hill Armenian Genocide Commemoration

(l-r) Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), and Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ)...

Apr 20, 20232 min read

Assembly Welcomes Jewish Community Relations Council Message of Solidarity

Assembly Co-Chair Anthony Barsamian with JCRC Boston Director Jeremy Burton Washington, D.C. - In a recent letter to the Armenian...

Apr 13, 20232 min read

Assembly Welcomes Sanctions on Turkey, More Action Needed

Washington, D.C. - The United States imposed sanctions on at least four Turkey-based entities that violated U.S. export controls and...

Apr 13, 20232 min read

A Conversation with Edward Djerejian on the Occasion of the 108th Armenian Genocide Commemoration

Watertown, MA - The Armenian Assembly of America (Assembly) and the Armenian Revolutionary Federation of Boston will host a hybrid event...

Apr 7, 20233 min read

With Artsakh and Armenia in Focus, Assembly Convenes Successful Advocacy Summit on Capitol Hill

Assembly Meetings with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), Rep. Jim...

Mar 30, 20232 min read

Assembly Joins Community Institutions in Mourning Edmond Y. Azadian

Washington, D.C. - The Armenian Assembly of America (Assembly) mourns the loss of former Assembly Board Member, community leader, writer,...

Mar 23, 20233 min read

Over 65 Members Send Bipartisan Letter In Support of Artsakh and Armenia

Washington, D.C. - Today, over 65 Members co-sponsored a letter spearheaded by Armenian Caucus Co-Chair Representative Frank Pallone, Jr....

Mar 23, 20233 min read

University of Toronto Press Issues New Edition of "Centuries of Genocide"

Washington, D.C. - The Armenian National Institute (ANI) announced the release by the University of Toronto Press of a new edition of...