"Mom, will I be alive after the war?"

9-year-old Areg asked this in a bunker when Nerkin Horatagh was being heavily bombed.

When things got calm, Areg's grandmother left for warm clothes; he followed her. They were both bombed and killed.

Areg won't be alive after the war.

120,000 ethnic Armenians are in the process of being forcefully deported from their homeland in Artsakh/Nagorno Karabakh. Azerbaijan is committing ethnic cleansing and genocide.

Canada is globally recognized for defending human rights. Here are 10 reasons why Canada must expel Azerbaijan's Ambassador to Canada.

1. Ongoing genocide and ethnic cleansing against Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh).
2. Reports suggest torture and mass killings of ethnic Armenians in the conflicted area.
3. Intentional starvation inflicted upon Armenian populations by Azerbaijani authorities.
4. Cultural genocide through the destruction of Armenian monuments, churches, and schools.
5. Azerbaijani authorities are accused of engaging in money laundering and pervasive corruption.
6. Growing concerns over authoritarian rule with Azerbaijan’s president installing his wife as Vice President.
7. Collaboration between Azerbaijan and Russia to ethnically cleanse Armenians from disputed regions.
8. Azerbaijan and Turkey, accused of planning another genocide against Armenians, collaborate closely.
9. Gross violations of human rights
10. Spreading hatred towards Armenians in Azerbaijani schools, news outlets, and social media which incite violence against Armenians, dehumanizing the vulnerable population.

Expelling Azerbaijan’s ambassador would symbolize Canada’s firm stance against human rights abuses, authoritarianism, and genocide.