Karabakh Committee

{{Short description|Group of Armenian intellectuals}}

Karabakh Committee ({{langx|hy|Ղարաբաղ կոմիտե}}) was a group of Armenian intellectuals recognized by many Armenians as the de facto leaders in the late 1980s.[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE2D6113CF936A3575AC0A96E948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=print ARMENIAN CAPITAL IS ROUSED BY CALLS FOR NEW FREEDOMS, By BILL KELLER, THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 5, 1988] The Committee was formed in 1988, with the stated objective of reunification of Nagorno-Karabakh with Armenia. The committee was arrested by Soviet authorities on 11 December 1988 on charges of obstructing humanitarian aid from Azerbaijan after the December 7 1988 Armenian earthquake, but were released on 31 May 1989, subsequently forming the Pan-Armenian National Movement.{{cite book |last=Adalian |first=Rouben Paul |title=Historical dictionary of Armenia |year=2010 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |location=Lanham, Maryland |isbn=978-0-8108-6096-4 |page=158}} In 1990 The New York Times described the committee as "the most influential nationalist group in Armenia."{{cite news |last1=Fein |first1=Esther B. |title=EVOLUTION IN EUROPE; Armenia Fighting Levels Off; Toll Is 23 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/29/world/evolution-in-europe-armenia-fighting-levels-off-toll-is-23.html |work=The New York Times |date=29 May 1990}}