Armenian Catholic Bishop Mikael Mouradian has warned of a possible
“genocide by starvation,” as the government of Azerbaijan has closed off
access to the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Azerbaijan currently controls the isolated region, but the
population—largely of Armenian ethnic roots—has sought autonomy, with
Armenian backing. Now the blockade imposed by Azerbaijan threatens
120,000 people with starvation.
“It is a violation of every kind of law,” says Bishop Mouradian. The
Armenian people, the victims of a Turkish genocidal campaign that cost
over 1 million lives early in the 20th century, fear another round of
ethnic cleansing.