Harut Sassounian

Harut Sassounian is the publisher of The California Courier, a weekly newspaper based in Glendale, Calif. He is the president of the Armenia Artsakh Fund, a non-profit organization that has donated to Armenia and Artsakh one billion dollars of humanitarian aid, mostly medicines, since 1989 (including its predecessor, the United Armenian Fund). He has been decorated by the presidents of Armenia and Artsakh and the heads of the Armenian Apostolic and Catholic churches. He is also the recipient of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor.
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Enemies abroad, Pashinyan within: Armenia faces threats on both fronts

Dozens of Armenian Parliament members engaged last week in an ugly physical altercation, punching each other and even throwing a…

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Turkish and Azerbaijani media respond to my article on diaspora vs. Pashinyan

Over the years, I have frequently seen my weekly analysis of Armenian issues either reprinted or rebutted by Azerbaijani and…

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Turkish research center repeatedly praises Pashinyan and criticizes the diaspora

The Center for Eurasian Studies (AVIM), a research center based in Ankara, Turkey, covers the Caucasus, the Balkans, Central Asia,…

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Long live Pashinyan’s democracy! Cramming the jails with Facebook critics

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is totally intolerant of anyone who disagrees with him, even though he repeatedly portrays himself as…

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Azerbaijan sides with Pashinyan, opposing Armenian nationalists

The governments of Azerbaijan and Turkey and their media outlets closely follow and critically respond to developments and articles published…

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Did Pashinyan come to New York to address the U.N. or split up Armenian university students? 

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has made himself such a controversial figure that his appearances in Armenia and overseas often generate…

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Pashinyan makes anti-Armenian statements at international conference in Yerevan 

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan spoke on Sept. 17, 2026, at the “Comprehensive Security and Resilience 2026” international conference in Yerevan,…

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Pashinyan discourages diaspora Armenians from becoming citizens of Armenia

Armenia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs is proposing to increase fivefold the fee for obtaining Armenian citizenship and tenfold the fee…

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Pashinyan wants to turn Armenia into a country without Armenians

Talaat Pasha, the mastermind of the Armenian Genocide, wrote in a letter in 1915: “We wanted to leave behind one…

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Can Raphael Lemkin’s relatives force the Lemkin Institute to remove his name? 

The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention, a Pennsylvania-based nonprofit organization, was renamed in 2023 to support those who are at…

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