10/26/20 - Rep. Raskin tweeted "Proud to join 50+ colleagues in urging @SecPompeo to sanction Azerbaijani officials responsible for serious human rights violations against the people of Artsakh in Nagorno-Karabakh.|Today @RepTjCox @RepJimCosta @RepKClark and I led many of our colleagues in calling on the Trump administration to impose significant consequences on those responsible for Azerbaijan’s campaign of aggression against the people of #Artsakh.
https://sherman.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/sherman-cox-and-colleagues-call-for-the-implementation-of-magnitsky…" View the tweet here.

02/13/20 - Rep. Raskin tweeted "As a member of the Congressional Armenian Caucus, I made a statement in the Congressional Record to honor the memory of all who were killed & displaced in brutal pogroms in Azerbaijan between 1988-90. We must reject ethnic & religious violence against minorities everywhere." View the tweet here.

12/10/19 - Rep. Raskin tweeted "In #Turkey, President #Erdo?an has held Kurdish politician Selahattin #Demirta? in prison for over 3 years for making political speeches." View the tweet here.

12/10/19 - Rep. Raskin tweeted "I was greatly troubled to learn that #Demirta? became ill and lost consciousness in prison only weeks ago. #Turkey did not allow him access to a hospital for a week." View the tweet here.

12/10/19 - Rep. Raskin tweeted "Although I am encouraged by reports that indicate #Demirta?’ condition was not life threatening, his health should not be deteriorating in prison simply because President #Erdo?an fears political freedom and democracy." View the tweet here.

12/10/19 - Rep. Raskin tweeted "On this #HumanRightsDay, I call on President #Erdo?an to immediately release Selahattin Demirta? and all political prisoners standing up for human rights and democracy in #Turkey. #FreeDemirta?" View the tweet here.

11/13/19 - Rep. Raskin tweeted "It is an outrage that President Trump has honored Turkey’s #Erdogan today with a White House meeting. I have repeatedly called for the President to end his dangerous infatuation and complicity with Erdogan and other brutal autocrats abusing the rights of the people." View the tweet here.

11/13/19 - Rep. Raskin tweeted "During his infamous May 2017 visit to the White House, #Erdogan dispatched his thugs to beat up peaceful protestors, demonstrating before the world his contempt not only for human rights but for the rule of law in America." View the tweet here.

11/13/19 - Rep. Raskin tweeted "This time, Erdogan's visit coincides with Turkey’s savage military campaign in northern Syria – an invasion that has killed hundreds of civilians, displaced and driven from their homes over 160,000 people, and produced a massive humanitarian crisis." View the tweet here.

10/20/19 - Rep. Raskin posted the following to Facebook: "The unjust imprisonment of Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirta? by President Erdogan is an outrage. That’s why I’m advocating for his release through the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission’s Defending Freedoms Project. Democratically-elected members of government like Demirta? should not be rotting in prison simply because their party is out of power. I stand for the freedom of Selahattin Demirta? and call on the Turkish government to release him immediately." View the Facebook post here.