13 April 2021
The Armenian Church in the UK has called upon Azerbaijan to release Armenian prisoners of war (PoWs) who remain captive following the autumn 2020 war in Nagorno-Karabakh.
The Church issued a statement signed by Bishop Hovakim Manukyan, Primate of the Diocese of the Armenian Church in the UK and Ireland, condemning the continued imprisonment of PoWs.
Bishop Hovakim Manukyan, Primate of the Diocese of the Armenian Church in the UK and Ireland, signed the statement calling for Azerbaijan to release all Armenian prisoners of war
The statement argues that Azerbaijan has failed to comply with the trilateral peace agreement, signed on 9 November 2020 by Azerbaijan, Armenia and Russia, which stipulated that both sides must “exchange prisoners of war, hostages and other detained persons”.
10:27 • 08.04.21
Dr Patrick Sookhdeo, International Director of Barnabas Fund, has written to UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, urging him to recognise formally as genocide the murderous anti-Christian violence in the Ottoman Empire a century ago in which 3.75 million Christians died.
A statement posted on the fund s website stresses the global urgency of the move as a major effort to prevent future genocides of Christians, especially Armenians, who are currently under threat .
In the letter Dr Sookhdeo said, “Recognition of the Armenian Genocide is the right and just thing to do, not only for the 1.5 million Armenian victims who died and the 2.25 million Assyrian, Syriac and Greek victims who also died, but also to make clear that a genocide of this nature will not be ignored and should never happen again.”