South Australia recognizes Artsakh
ADELAIDE, Australia South Australia became the second state in Australia to recognize the rights to self-determination of the Republic of Artsakh, condemning Azerbaijan and Turkey for their invasion of the country’s indigenous Armenians in a motion passed with a vote in the House of Assembly, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia.
The motion follows one passed by the New South Wales Parliament’s Legislative Assembly in October 2020, and similarly “calls on the Federal Government to also recognize the Republic of Artsakh as the only permanent solution to the conflict to avoid further attempts of such military aggression”.
South Australia recognizes the Republic of Artsakh | ARMENPRESS Armenian News Agency
11:27, 3 February, 2021
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 3, ARMENPRESS. South Australia became the second state in Australia to recognize the rights to self-determination of the Republic of Artsakh, condemning Azerbaijan and Turkey for their invasion of the country s indigenous Armenians in a motion passed with a vote in the House of Assembly, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU).
The motion follows one passed by the New South Wales Parliament s Legislative Assembly in October 2020, and similarly calls on the Federal Government to also recognize the Republic of Artsakh as the only permanent solution to the conflict to avoid further attempts of such military aggression .
Australia’s ABC censors Serj Tankian
SYDNEY–The Armenian National Committee of Australia has reached out to the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation), asking why it removed an article titled “Inside System Of A Down’s Reunion and the Armenian Genocide That Spurred It” from its website, which featured an interview with Serj Tankian on the national broadcaster’s Triple J Radio Station.
Tankian, who is the frontman of Grammy Award-winning System of a Down, had discussed the importance of the recognition of the Republic of Artsakh to prevent a second Armenian Genocide, explaining this as the motivation for the band getting back together to produce new music after a 15-year recording hiatus.
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Australia’s former defense minister Joel Fitzgibbon calls for recognition of ArtsakhCANBERRA Australia’s former Defense Minister, Joel Fitzgibbon, used a speech in Parliament to call for Federal Government action on the human rights injustices continuing to be suffered by the indigenous Armenians of Nagorno Karabakh and urged national recognition of the Republic of Artsakh as the “pathway to a lasting peace,” reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia.
Fitzgibbon, who is also co-chair of the Federal Australia-Armenia Inter-Parliamentary Union (Friendship Group), spoke in the parliament’s Federation Chamber ahead of a protest being held outside the building by over one hundred Armenian-Australians from Sydney and Melbourne.