Commentary: We can’t let history repeat itself with the siege of Nagorno-Karabakh
by Mary Papazian and Vatche Sahakian, Los Angeles Times
Feb 01, 2023
3 minutes
The world watched and allowed a brutal genocide three decades ago in the Bosnian city of Srebrenica. A tragically similar crisis is looming again. Global leaders know how this could end, and they have no excuse to stand by. Indeed, they are bound by law and human decency to intervene and protect the 120,000 civilians in the Armenian-majority Republic of Artsakh.
Upon the breakup of the former Yugoslavia 30 years ago, Bosnia declared independence. The Serbian central government responded by launching a brutal military campaign to crush Bosnia’s attempt at self-determination.
The conflict reached a
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