Author: Andres-Papazian

LES CONDAMNES A PERPETUITE ARMENIENS DE NOUVEAU EN GREVE DE LA FAIM

ARMENIE

Vingt-neuf hommes condamnes a perpetuite dans la plus grande
prison d’Armenie ont de nouveau debute lundi une grève de la faim
pour exiger que les autorites revoient leurs cas ou legalement
augmentent leurs chances de retrouver la liberte. Onze d’entre eux
ont termine la protestation tard dans la journee après avoir recu
de nouvelles assurances que le Ministère armenien de la justice,
qui gère les prisons a travers le pays, se penchera sur leurs
demandes. Tsovinar Khachatrian, un porte-parole du ministère, a
indique que des responsables de la prison Nubarashen d’Erevan ont
informe les prisonniers que >.

Elle n’a pas donne de details sur ces changements. Les detenus de
Noubarashen entendent les memes promesses depuis la fin de leur
precedente grève de la faim de trois jours en Juillet. Le ministre
de la Justice Hovannes Manoukian leur a assure qu’il trouvera des > juridiques a leur sort.

>. Certains detenus impliques dans les grèves de la faim
affirment egalement qu’ils n’ont pas ete condamnes lors de procès
equitables et veulent une application de la loi et que les autorites
judiciaires examinent leur cas.

Un total de 104 personnes purge actuellement des peines a vie en
Armenie pour des meurtres et d’autres crimes graves. Quatre-vingt
d’entre eux sont maintenus a Nubarashen.

vendredi 26 septembre 2014, Stephane (c)armenews.com

From: A. Papazian

FILLON : UNE GUERRE FRONTALE, UNE VRAIE GUERRE CONTRE L’ETAT ISLAMIQUE

IRAK

L’ancien Premier ministre Francois Fillon a qualifie de “guerre
frontale”, de “vraie guerre” l’engagement contre l’Etat islamique
en Irak et estime que la France et la coalition ne “donne pas assez
d’armes” a la resistance kurde et irakienne.

“La où nous avions affaire a des mouvements terroristes clandestins,
dissimules, nous avons affaire a un mouvement qui est en train de
s’eriger en Etat (…) C’est maintenant une guerre, j’allais dire
presque classique –elle n’est pas classique parce que nous sommes
face a des terroristes– mais c’est une guerre frontale, une vraie
guerre et donc il faut mobiliser l’ensemble de nos forces pour la
combattre”, a estime sur RTL M. Fillon, qui s’est recemment rendu en
Irak avec des parlementaires UMP.

“Il y a des soldats kurdes et irakiens qui se battent sur le terrain
et qui ont obtenu des succès en faisant reculer l’Etat islamique”. Il
faut “leur donner des armes et de mon point de vue on ne leur en
donne pas assez”, a egalement declare l’ancien Premier ministre,
qui preconise de “mettre au maximum l’accent sur les armes et sur la
formations des soldats kurdes”.

vendredi 26 septembre 2014, Stephane (c)armenews.com

From: A. Papazian

MINSK GROUP DISCUSSES PREPARATIONS FOR PARIS MEETING OF ARMENIAN, AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENTS

11:21 26.09.2014

The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Ambassadors Igor Popov of the
Russian Federation, James Warlick of the United States of America, and
Pierre Andrieu of France) met with Armenian Foreign Minister Edward
Nalbandian and Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov this
week at the United Nations General Assembly. The Co-Chairs were joined
by the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office,
Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk.

In a joint meeting, the Co-Chairs and the Foreign Ministers discussed
preparations for the upcoming summit at the end of October in Paris.

At the summit, the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan plan to
continue their dialogue on key elements of a settlement to the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. The Co-Chairs expressed their hope that
the Presidents would hold productive discussions to make progress
towards a lasting settlement. Ambassador Andrieu briefed participants
on issues that could be included on the summit agenda. The Co-Chairs
intend to travel to the region soon.

The Co-Chairs also met with OSCE Chairperson-in-Office (CiO) Didier
Burkhalter to discuss the latest developments in the peace process.

They provided the CiO a readout of the Presidents’ recent meetings in
Sochi and Wales, and informed him of preparations for the Paris summit.

From: A. Papazian

BAKU HANDS OVER ARMENIAN CAPTIVE

AzerNews, Azerbaijan
Sept 25 2014

25 September 2014, 17:01 (GMT+05:00)
By Sara Rajabova

Baku handed over the Armenian captive, who was detained in late August,
the State Commission on POWs, Hostages and Missing Persons reported.

Fifty-three-year-old Armenian citizen Sarkis Ananyan was detained
for violation of the border with Azerbaijan in Kemerli village of
the Gazakh region on August 26, 2014.

Ananyan was returned to the Armenian side on the Azerbaijani-Armenian
border in the direction of the Bala Jafarli village of the Gazakh
region on September 25.

The process organized by the State Commission and the Defense Ministry
through the International Committee of the Red Cross passed without
incident.

In late August, Azerbaijan transferred the Armenian serviceman,
Akop Injigulyan, to a third country.

Despite the Azerbaijani side hands over the Armenian citizens, who
crossed the Azerbaijani border, to their country, however, Yerevan
rejects to return Azerbaijani hostages.

Azerbaijan has repeatedly appealed to the IRCR on return of the two
Azerbaijani hostages detained by Armenian armed forces in occupied
Kalbajar region.

Three Azerbaijani civilians (Russian citizen DilgamAsgarov, Azerbaijani
citizens ShahbazGuliyev and HasanHasanov) were detained by Armenian
forces in early July while they were visiting the graves of their
late relatives. ICRC Baku office earlier reported that HasanHasanov
was buried in Nagorno-Karabakh after being killed by Armenian forces.

From: A. Papazian

ARMENIAN TRANSLATION OF TURKISH QURAN COMPLETED

Vestnik Kavkaza, Russia
Sept 25 2014

25 September 2014 – 12:08pm

Yavuz Aydyn, a post-graduate of the Armenian language and culture
section of the Philology, History and Geography Faculty of Ankara
University, has concluded a translation into Armenian of the Quran
written in Turkish. Bagrat Estukyan, a coordinator of the Akos paper
in Istanbul, is the editor of the translation, News.am reports.

The translation consists of 10 volumes, 2500 pages in total.

The first translation of the Quran into Armenian was made by Stepan
Leaci in the 17th century, then by Abraham Amirkhanyants in 1909
and republished in 1910. The third translation belongs to Edward
Akhverdyan, published in 2006.

From: A. Papazian

IRAN’S STATEMENT ON GAS SUPPLY TO EUROPE COULD JUST BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT – EXPERT

21:26 * 24.09.14

Political scientist Alexander Markarov considers Iranian President
Hassan Rouhani’s statement that Iran could be a reliable supplier of
energy resources to Europe a statement to be taken into account.

The Iranian president’ statement should be differentiated from reality.

“It is clear international sanctions are in effect against Iran, and
none of them has so far been lifted. It is clear Iran is seeking to
sell its gas and oil. However, there emerges a question of pipelines
and the corridor for gas supply,” he said.

The Iranian leader’s statement shows Iran’s willingness to enter the
European market.

On the other hand, Mr Markarov pointed out a number of problems.

“The first problem is if Europe is willing to accept the proposal. The
second problem is how the gas market Iran is seeking to enter is
going to develop. When the two problems are resolved along with that
of the sanctions, we can speak of putting statements into practice.”

Armenian News – Tert.am

From: A. Papazian

HAYKAKAN ZHAMANAK: EX-ARMENIAN OMBUDSMAN TO BID FOR ECHR JUDGE?

09:05 * 25.09.14

The paper says it has learned from “well-informed sources” that a
former ombudsman of Armenia aspires for the post of the Armenian
judge at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR)

Armen Harutyunyan is said to have submitted his bid to the court for
participating in the recently announcedcontest.

The paper notes that Harutyunyan resigned in 2011 to be appointed
the UNHCR representative in Central Asia.

It says further that a total of 11 candidates have applied for the
contest.

Armenian News – Tert.am

From: A. Papazian

DEFENSE MINISTERS OF ARMENIA, GEORGIA TALK ABOUT COOPERATION AND REGIONAL SECURITY

YEREVAN, September 25. /ARKA/. The defense ministers of Armenia
and Georgia Seyran Ohanyan and Irakly Alasania discussed bilateral
cooperation and regional security at their meeting in Yerevan, the
press office of the Armenian ministry of defense reported.

Alasanyan arrived in Armenia on Wednesday for a two-day working visit.

The ministers talked about military and defense cooperation, regional
security and expansion of collaboration between the defense agencies,
as well as on prospects for multilateral format cooperation, says
the report. -0–

From: A. Papazian

THE SURVIVAL OF SYRIA’S ARMENIAN COMMUNITY

Wednesday, September 24th, 2014

A destroyed neighborhood in Aleppo

YEREVAN (Armenpress)–Despite numerous social and economic difficulties
caused by the war, the Armenian community of Syria continues to live
and to work. Armenpress presents an interview with editor-in-chief
of Aleppo’s Gandzasar weekly Zarmik Boghikian about issues concerning
the Armenians of Syria.

ARMENPRESS: What are some issues facing the Armenian community of
Syria? What kind of difficulties have they encountered during this
period?

ZARMIK BOGHIKIAN: As part of the Syrian people, the Armenian community
has suffered the effects of anxiety over these three years. Being a
minority, we endured much more damages – in the form of destruction
of national structures, in the psychological sense, a large number
of people left Syria, we had many losses. Syrian-Armenians tried to
survive with all this. Our main task now is coming out of this war
with the least amount of loss possible, because we do not favor any
political force and have no connection with the war. From the very
beginning the Armenian community of Syria tried to back all the
efforts directing the country to democracy.

A.P.: Is there any official data on the number of victims and material
losses?

Z.B.: There are official numbers: we have had 100 victims killed up
to today and 106 kidnapped and missing people. We have 1,700 damaged
apartments and national structures. The community’s population
has been reduced by 50 percent; a part of them have emigrated to
Armenia – about 12,000 people – the other part to Lebanon; and some
of them have left for the countries of Western Europe. Our wish is
that Syrian-Armenians settle in the homeland, as they can at least
preserve their national identity there.

A.P.: Can we say that the population of Armenians in Syria is 30,000?

Z.B.: With a bit of hesitation – yes, because there are no exact
numbers. In addition to external migration, internal displacement
also took place. The majority emigrated from Aleppo, as it is the
most dangerous place and people live there in difficult conditions.

A.P.: What would you say about the cultural life of the Armenian
community of Syria?

Z.B.: Our community leaders and religious leaders do everything
possible to keep our schools working. The academic year has begun
and we hope that we will go through the year with minimal harm and
will not see any more losses.

From: A. Papazian

FIGHTERS OF IS BLOW UP ARMENIAN CHURCH IN DEYR-EZ-ZORE

Vestnik Kavkaza, Russia
Sept 24 2014

24 September 2014 – 7:55pm

The Armenian church Srbots Naatakats (Saint of Great Martyrs), in
Syrian Deyr-ez-Zore, was blown up by fighters of “Islamic State”.

“We strongly condemn the bombing by terrorists… of the Armenian
church in Deyr-Ez-Zore… Such terrible barbarity concerning a
shrine again shows the cruel essence of the terrorist group called
“Islamic State”. The international community has to stop and eradicate
immediately this plague menacing civilized mankind, to block ways of
financing and assistance to this group,” Armenian foreign minister
Edward Nalbandian is quoted by Armenia Today.

It should be noted that the destroyed church was built in memory of
the tragic events of 1915, the so-called “genocide of Armenians”,
and its explosion was carried out on September 21, on the day of the
celebration of the independence of Armenia.

From: A. Papazian