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(OSV News) -- A U.S. lawmaker and a Catholic bishop are calling for action to end a months-long blockade that has left some 120,000 ethnic Armenians at risk of what he and other experts are calling "genocide by starvation." "It's now a three-alarm fire that's getting worse by the moment," said Republican Rep. Chris Smith
An Armenian Catholic bishop is calling for prayer and action as some 120,000 ethnic Armenians face what he and other experts call "genocide by starvation."
A blockade of the three-mile Lachin Corridor has deprived residents of food, baby formula, oil, medication, hygienic products and fuel.
Ecocide is increasingly being written into law, with reparations given to local communities, land and rivers
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