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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Sassounian: Lawsuit-Happy Turkish Group Loses Appeal on Genocide

The Turkish Coalition of America (TCA) has been on a rampage in recent years, filing lawsuits against scholars, public officials,…

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Sassounian: Why Does Obama Torture Himself and Armenians Every April 24?

For some unknown reason, the president of the most powerful nation on earth feels compelled to put himself through a strange…

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Sassounian: Armenians Prepare Special Welcome for Aliyev in New York

How could the war-mongering president of Azerbaijan be permitted to chair the UN Security Council, the august body that is…

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Two Faces of Turkey: Veneer of Gentility Masking Ruthlessness

When Turkey’s Foreign Minister met secretly with a group of Armenians in Washington last month, he wooed them with his…

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Sassounian: Turkey’s Foreign Minister in Search of ‘Soft’ Armenians

Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, Turkey’s “man on the run,” has added to his extremely busy schedule the new task of…

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Sassounian: Turks and Azeris Alarmed that Tuvalu May Recognize Republic of Artsakh

March 16 was like any other day at the United Nations, when the representatives of Armenia and Tuvalu signed a…

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Sassounian: State Dept.’s Disgraceful Censorship of a Report Blacklisting Turkey

Each passing day brings new revelations of the Obama Administration’s shameful schemes to cover up Turkish misconduct. The latest scandal…

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Sassounian: Patriarchate’s Bold Move to Sue Turkish Government

We must commend Acting Patriarch Aram Ateshian and the Armenian Patriarchate of Istanbul for making the bold move of suing…

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Sassounian: Clinton Should Resign for Making Offensive Remarks

How many times can Secretary of State Hillary Clinton break her pledge and make insulting remarks on the Armenian Genocide…

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Sassounian: The Constitutional Council’s Scandalous Rejection of French Genocide Bill

Armenians in France and throughout the world last week reacted with utter indignation towards the Constitutional Council’s scandalous decision rejecting…

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