![Several people wait for free bread outside a bakery in Stepanakert, Azerbaijan. In the Nagorno-Karabakh region in the Caucasus deep in the south of the former Soviet Union, the situation is coming to a threatening head. Since December 2022, Azerbaijan, to which the region belongs under international law, has blocked the Karabakh Armenians' lifeline to the nearby motherland Armenia. Armenians in the internationally unrecognized entity fear starvation. Estimates range from 100,000 to 120,000 people. Several people wait for free bread outside a bakery in Stepanakert, Azerbaijan. In the Nagorno-Karabakh region in the Caucasus deep in the south of the former Soviet Union, the situation is coming to a threatening head. Since December 2022, Azerbaijan, to which the region belongs under international law, has blocked the Karabakh Armenians' lifeline to the nearby motherland Armenia. Armenians in the internationally unrecognized entity fear starvation. Estimates range from 100,000 to 120,000 people.](https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/2023083014084_1703ed9b1e7e423c5905a5880108017f7cdb784e304ca005e3aee3a598710486.jpg)
Trapped Armenian Christians Deserve Global Attention
A NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER: In addition to the immediate humanitarian concern caused by an inhumane blockade, important historical, cultural and religious-freedom issues are at stake.
A NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER: In addition to the immediate humanitarian concern caused by an inhumane blockade, important historical, cultural and religious-freedom issues are at stake.
According to a new UN report, Asia has the greatest number of undernourished people, followed by Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean.
Serving as the Holy See’s permanent observer to the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization, Msgr. Arellano called for greater international cooperation in the face of the report’s findings.
Archbishop Gutiérrez voiced concern over the hunger-fueled looting and protests throughout the country, as well as the government’s violent suppression of the protests.
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