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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Erdogan’s denial of genocide attracts more attention to Turkish mass crimes

Despite their diplomatic cunning, one thing Turkish leaders have never learned is to keep their mouths shut when accused of…

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If Pashinyan jails Catholicos Karekin II, will Armenians still remain in a coma?

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is crossing all permissible red lines, exceeding every limit on his power. In the past eight…

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Not finding justice in Yerevan, Armenians should apply to the European Court

While successive Armenian governments have exhibited democratic shortcomings since independence in 1991, the current situation is far worse than at…

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What happened to Israel’s recognition of the Armenian Genocide? Fact vs. rumor

On a daily basis, we are all inundated with so much misinformation that it is becoming almost impossible to distinguish…

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EU signs letters of intent with six Armenian organizations

Finally, some good news from Armenia. In a positive development, the European Commission signed the first-of-their-kind “Letters of Intent” with…

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Pashinyan, Erdogan and Aliyev are unhappy with Israel’s recognition of the genocide

Diverse reactions have followed the recognition of the Armenian Genocide by Israel’s Cabinet of Ministers on June 28, 2026. Here…

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Aliyev escalated to the U.N., his demand to resettle 300,000 Azerbaijanis in Armenia

With each passing day, the government of Azerbaijan is tightening the screws on Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in an effort…

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Pashinyan may strip the citizenship of Armenians who didn’t vote for him

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is becoming increasingly intolerant of all those who disagree with him. In the midst of the…

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Democracy hijacked: Armenia’s rigged parliamentary elections

Armenia’s parliamentary elections were held on June 7 under widespread, systematic and well-documented fraudulent conditions. These elections were not merely…

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Argam Ayvazyan’s monumental work on Nakhichevan published in Yerevan

A critical book, “Armenian Historical Heritage of Material and Spiritual Culture of Nakhichevan,” by Argam Ayvazyan, was recently published in…

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