Karabakh Committee Explained

Karabakh Committee (Armenian: Ղարաբաղ կոմիտե) was a group of Armenian intellectuals recognized by many Armenians as the de facto leaders in the late 1980s.^[1] The Committee was formed in 1988, with the stated objective of reunification of Nagorno-Karabakh with Armenia. The committee was arrested by Soviet authorities on 11 December 1988 on charges of obstructing humanitarian aid from Azerbaijan after the December 7 1988 Armenian earthquake, but were released on 31 May 1989, subsequently forming the Pan-Armenian National Movement.^[2] In 1990 The New York Times described the committee as "the most influential nationalist group in Armenia."^[3]

Further reading

• Book: Galstyan , Hambardzum . Unmailed Letters . . . London . 2013 . 978-1909382015.
• Book: Malkasian , Mark . "Gha-ra-bagh!": The Emergence of the National Democratic Movement in Armenia . Wayne State University Press . Detroit . 1996 . 978-0814326046 . registration .

Notes and References

1. https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE2D6113CF936A3575AC0A96E948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=print ARMENIAN CAPITAL IS ROUSED BY CALLS FOR NEW FREEDOMS, By BILL KELLER, THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 5, 1988
2. Book: Adalian, Rouben Paul . Historical dictionary of Armenia . 2010 . Scarecrow Press . Lanham, Maryland . 978-0-8108-6096-4 . 158.
3. News: Fein . Esther B. . EVOLUTION IN EUROPE; Armenia Fighting Levels Off; Toll Is 23 . The New York Times . 29 May 1990.