The Armenian community in #Rojava has called on the West to act against the siege of Nagorno-Karabakh. Since mid-December, the population there has been cut off from the outside world due to an Azerbaijani blockade. 
The Armenian community in the autonomous region of North and East Syria has called on the international community to act against the siege of Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh).
The Azerbaijani blockade of the region is threatening a humanitarian catastrophe there, the Armenian Society Council and the Women's Council of Armenians in Rojava said at a rally in front of the UN mission in Qamişlo
"The world must not allow another genocide against our people. Act humanely and with values in mind, and work for the release of the lifeline of Nagorno-Karabakh."
The lifeline refers to the Lachin corridor, the only road connecting Nagorno-Karabakh with Armenia. Since mid-December, Azerbaijan has blocked this artery. 120,000 people, including 30,000 children, have been cut off from the rest of the world and thus from any supply.
Previously, Armenia delivered 400 tons of food to the region every day. But under the blockade, both the import of food and medicine and the transport, for example, of sick people out of Nagorno-Karabakh are impossible.
The Lachin corridor has been secured by Russian peacekeepers under a treaty since the supposed end of the Azerbaijani-Turkish war of aggression on Nagorno-Karabakh in 2020.
Nevertheless, on 12 December, alleged "eco-activists" from Azerbaijan set up a roadblock there with the aim of stopping "illegal mining". The aim was to demonstrate against the "exploitation of Azerbaijan's gold and copper deposits by Armenia", they said.
The Armenian side, on the other hand, speaks of a state-coordinated action. Accordingly, the alleged eco-activists are members of the military and the secret service, and the fairy tale of environmental protection is only a pretext for a new invasion.
Azerbaijan, they say, has never cared about environmental issues, and there is no such thing as a civil society in this authoritarian country. Earlier this week, Armenia appealed to the International Court of Justice over the Nagorno-Karabakh siege to impose emergency measures
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