-- April 2025 Capitol Hill Campaign Features Grassroots Demands for U.S. Action on Genocide Justice and Regional Security

WASHINGTON, DC – The ANCA mobilized a broad-based, nationwide coalition of advocates for a powerful two-day campaign on Capitol Hill – April 1st and 2nd – advancing urgent calls for U.S. action to confront Azerbaijani and Turkish aggression, demand justice for the Armenian and Artsakh Genocides, and secure lasting peace and security in the South Caucasus. (more...)

-- 2025 Session #2 Spotlights Career Development and Capitol Hill Action on Armenian Hostages, Artsakh Return, and Azerbaijan Sanctions

WASHINGTON, DC – The ANCA concluded its 2025 Rising Leaders initiative with a powerful second session, from March 22-25, bringing together fourteen dynamic student leaders from across the U.S., Canada, and Armenia for four days of professional development and grassroots advocacy in the heart of the nation’s capital.

“This session of Rising Leaders reminds us once again of the vast potential our nation has and the powerful return on (more...)

-- 36 U.S. Representatives Ask Secretary of State Rubio to Ramp up Pressure on Azerbaijan to Release Armenian POWs and Hostages

WASHINGTON, DC – Thirty-six U.S. Representatives – led by Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Chris Smith (R-NJ) – have called on Secretary of State Marco Rubio to impose Global Magnitsky sanctions on Azerbaijani officials responsible for grave human rights abuses against Armenians, including the illegal detention, abuse, and sham trials of Armenian prisoners of war and former Artsakh leaders. The ANCA welcomed this bipartisan Congressional letter a (more...)

WASHINGTON, DC – A powerful bipartisan letter by twenty-five members of the Congressional Armenian Caucus called on Secretary of State Marco Rubio and National Security Advisor Michael Waltz to secure the release of Armenian prisoners illegally held in Azerbaijan and strengthen U.S. policy safeguarding Armenia’s sovereignty and security as part of expanded engagement in the South Caucasus, reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA).

The letter, led by Congressional Armenian Caucus leaders Frank Pallone (D-NJ), David Valadao (R-CA), Brad Sherman ( (more...)

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressional leaders joined with Armenian Americans and allies from across the country on April 2nd for the annual Capitol Hill observance of the Armenian Genocide, issuing bipartisan calls for Azerbaijan’s immediate release of Armenian prisoners, the right of return for displaced Artsakh Armenians, and U.S. sanctions on both the Aliyev and Erdogan regimes for war crimes and genocidal ethnic cleansing, reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA).

The solemn remembrance – titled “Reversing the 2023 Artsakh Genocide | Rememberi (more...)

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Dina Titus (D-NV), joined by Representatives Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Ted Lieu (D-CA), and David Valadao (R-CA), introduced the Armenian Genocide Education Act today – a bipartisan initiative directing the Library of Congress to implement a nationwide education program about the genocide committed by the Ottoman Turkish Government from 1915 to 1923 against Armenians, Assyrians, Greeks, Syriacs, Arameans, Maronites, and other Christians, reported the Armenian Nat (more...)

WASHINGTON, DC – Sixty U.S. Representatives have called on Secretary of State Marco Rubio to fully enforce Section 907 of the FREEDOM Support Act – demanding an immediate end to U.S. military assistance to Azerbaijan, citing Baku’s ethnic cleansing of Artsakh’s 120,000 indigenous Armenian Christian population, continued occupation of sovereign Armenian territory, and illegal detention and abuse of Armenian prisoners, reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA).

Representatives Mike Lawler (R-NY), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), and (more...)

WASHINGTON, DC – The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) launched its 2025 Rising Leaders initiative with an energizing first session from March 8-11, bringing together students and young professionals from the U.S. and Canada for four days of high-impact advocacy, career development, and civic engagement in the heart of the nation’s capital.

“The ANCA Rising Leaders program reflects the very best of our youth—smart, passionate, and committed to advancing the Armenian Cause,” stated ANCA Programs Coordinator Nareg Mesrobian. “This first 2025 session brou (more...)

WASHINGTON, DC – Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) Executive Director Aram Hamparian issued the following statement in response to premature reports of a “peace” deal between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

“The ANCA seeks a real peace – a just and enduring peace that respects the rights of the Armenian nation and ensures the return of Armenians to Artsakh – not a fake ‘peace’ – a one-sided strategic surrender of Armenian security and sovereignty forced on Yerevan at the point of a gun,” stated Hamparian. (more...)