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: Amb. Ricciardone Finally Admits Most Churches not Operating in Turkey

After facing harsh criticism for covering up Turkey’s desecration and destruction of thousands of Christian churches, Amb. Francis Ricciardone, President…

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Sassounian: Senators Should Reject Obama’s Appointee as Ambassador to Turkey

President Obama has an endless number of problems these days. Late last year, when Senators blocked several of his ambassadorial…

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Sassounian: Obama’s Lack of Credibility Undermines Initiative on Genocide Prevention

If President Obama ends up being a one-term president, he has no one to blame but himself. While it is…

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Sassounian: Erdogan Inadvertently Publicizes Armenian Territorial Claims from Turkey

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s hysterical outburst at Armenia’s president last week had the salutary effect of publicizing to…

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Sassounian: Congressional Panel Urges Turkey to Return Church Properties

The House Foreign Affairs Committee adopted a strongly worded measure on July 20 pressing Turkey to return all Christian church…

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Sassounian: Akcam Reveals Turkish Plan to Pay Scholars to Deny Genocide

Prof. Taner Akcam dropped a bombshell during a lecture at the Glendale Public Library last month, when he revealed that…

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Sassounian: Armenians Must Counter UN Security Council Bids by Turkey, Azerbaijan

Diasporan political organizations and influential Armenians, in cooperation with the Armenian Foreign Ministry, should launch an international lobbying campaign to…

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Sassounian: Hanging Armenia’s Dirty Laundry in Public

President Serge Sarkisian made an important appearance at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) in Strasbourg last…

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Sassounian: From Genocide Recognition to Reclaiming Church Properties

The Armenian American community took a major step last week to reverse the consequences of the Armenian Genocide and end…

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Sassounian: Why Pass Genocide Resolution for the Third Time?

A new Armenian Genocide resolution is being introduced in the House of Representatives this week.    The first question is…

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