Author: Andres-Papazian

Criminal case instituted on junior sergeant’s death

13:32, 14 February, 2015

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 14, ARMENPRESS: A criminal case was instituted at
the Military Investigation Department of the Investigation Committee
of the Republic of Armenia on the death of the serviceman Arman S.
Osipyan, born in 1995, who got a deadly wound at 04:40 on February 14
at one of the military bases, located in the northeastern direction of
the Defense Army. The press service of the Investigation Committee of
the Republic of Armenia informed Armenpress that the junior sergeant
got deadly wounds due to the shots fired in the result of the
violation of rules of combat duty in the military base and died.

The Military Investigation Department of the Investigation Committee
of the Republic of Armenia instituted a criminal case on the incident
in accordance with the 3rd part of the 365th article of the Criminal
Code of Armenia. Preliminary investigation is being carried out.
Measures are taken to find out all the circumstances of the case.

From: A. Papazian

Event dedicated to the Centenary of the Armenian Genocide held in Aleppo

17:39, 13 Feb 2015
Siranush Ghazanchyan

On February 12, a meeting on the recognition, condemnation and
elimination of consequences of acts of genocide was held in Aleppo, in
the framework of events dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the
Armenian Genocide. Representatives of number of organizations of
Armenian community in Aleppo, journalists and priests participated at
the event.

Armenia’s Consul General to Aleppo Tigran Gevorgyan gave a lecture,
titled “Issue of the Armenian Genocide on the agenda of Foreign Policy
of the Republic of Armenia”.

In his speech he, particularly, mentioned that international
recognition and condemnation of the Armenian Genocide is one of the
priorities of RA Foreign Policy, and that Armenia, as Homeland of
nation, survived Genocide, has great responsibility in the efforts of
international community to prevent acts of genocide in the future.
Tigran Gevorgyan indicated the Resolution on Prevention of Genocide
initiated by Armenia in Human Rights Council , adopted by consensus,
as the very example of that. He also mentioned, that Armenia on
numerous occasions voiced the importance of the recognition,
condemnation and elimination of consequences of the crimes of genocide
from major international platforms.

Attaching great significance to the holding of the events dedicated to
the Centenary of the Armenian Genocide, Consul General mentioned, that
thus the fight of Armenia and Armenians of Diaspora is not over,
adding that events, held under slogan “Remember and Demand” is the
start of new stage. In this context, he placed great importance to
Armenia-Diaspora strong ties and coordinated cooperation.

Once the lecture was over, Consul General answered questions raised by
the attendees.

From: A. Papazian

NEW SITUATION HAS OCCURRED

Igor Muradyan, Political Analyst
Comments – 13 February 2015, 10:31

Armenia which is usually rotating round the Russian politics is
trying to develop a new foreign policy, developing relations with
the Euro-Atlantic community, which is related to new objectives of
national security.

A new geopolitical situation has occurred in the Black Sea-Caucasian
region and the Near East when Russia is after expansion, preventing
neighbors from conducting an independent foreign policy.

Armenia underwent Russia’s strong pressure and blackmail and was forced
to give up on integration with the European Union, at the same time,
not being interested that Armenia will become a full-fledged partner
in the alliance formed in Eurasia.

Armenia has appeared in international isolation, and bad consequences
in economy and security. At the same time, thanks to patriotism in
the armed forces, Armenia is conducting an independent and meaningful
policy towards development of cooperation with NATO over peacekeeping,
army building, defense preparedness, training programs and acquisition
of arms.

Besides developing relations with the alliance active relations develop
with NATO member states. Russia is jealous but does not come up with
constructive initiatives and merely provokes tension in the South
Caucasus when it is all about the right to free, sovereign choice of
Armenia on making foreign political decisions.

The more significant and successful part of the Armenian public,
primarily the young generation, innumerable NGOs have practically
revised the priorities of the foreign policy of Armenia and are
supporting the initiatives and policy of the military command.

At the same time, Russia relies on strong groups in Armenia which
are related to Russian business and Gazprom’s sponsorship, as well
as Russian specialized organizations, controlling a greater part of
the mass media.

However, the military-political bloc created by Russia will soon
collapse due to economic and geopolitical reasons, which will be
crucial for the formation of the new Eurasian geopolitics.

There was an important moment in foreign policy. The new situation is
that the United States, the United Kingdom and NATO are not trying
to activate the foreign policy of the countries of Eastern Europe,
as was in the past two decades.

Now the international situation is more than tense, and the West
would not wish to give Moscow a reason to provoke new conflicts,
making use of initiatives of the countries of Eastern Europe. Now
even the smallest tension may cause a serious conflict.

Washington and London are planning to maintain the legitimacy of
actions against Russia and to cause its economy, as well as statehood
to collapse. Apparently, the countries of Eastern Europe are useless
and inefficient participants and they still have to remain in the
role of observer.

It first of all concerns Ukraine which is called to be the key lever
and factor of Russia’s collapse. Georgia has no place in this skirmish,
Moldova cannot participate, while Armenia, being such a committed
partner of Russia’s, should play a significant role, sequentially
integrating with NATO and the organizations of the Western community,
thereby demonstrating that Armenia has become a more pro-active
participant of the Western strategy in the region.

It should be noted that prior to the scandalous event of September 3
Armenia occupied a primary role among NATO partners, which was then
an intrigue in the policy of Eastern Europe. It obviously has not
been forgotten in NATO, and there is no doubt that Armenia continues
its movement towards the Alliance.

Russia does not intend to follow this situation quietly, which will
also influence the situation in the region. For Russia, the loss of
Armenia will mean loss of its positions in the South Caucasus but also
collapse of its vulnerable defense structure, which is achieved in
the southern direction by way of ignoring the interests of Armenia,
its “partner”.

There will be a response, and the response will be rather tough. This
is one of the reasons why the West does not want to irritate Russia
due to Armenia and the states of Eastern Europe. The Americans and
the British are trying to instill in all the countries of Eastern
Europe that there is no need to infuriate Russia, and their problems
will be resolved without the participation of those states.

The problems of the region will be resolved by way of avoiding
conflicts, though the huge conflict has been created, and there is no
doubt that this conflict will affect the global politics and economy.

This tactics of the West is explained by several reasons: security
factors, legal circumstances, internal and external policy, primarily
in the United States, as well as the stances of Germany and other
European states.

The United States and the United Kingdom, the leaders in curbing
Russian expansion, are trying to avoid escalation of relations within
the Western community. To what extent can this policy be viewed as
a new policy? The forthcoming developments will show.

From: A. Papazian

REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS: AZERBAIJAN RANKED 162ND PLACE OUT OF 180 COUNTRIES IN INDEX OF MEDIA FREEDOM

17:39 12/02/2015 >> SOCIETY

In the world press freedom index Azerbaijan ranks the 162nd out of
180 countries, worsening its position by two points, reported the
international organization “Reporters Without Borders” in its report.

Azerbaijan has managed to eliminate almost all traces of pluralism,
forcing the few remaining independent newspapers to close one by one
by throttling their sources of income, prosecuting them on trumped-up
charges and hounding their employees, the report reads.

“The imprisonment of Khadija Ismayilova, one of the pioneers of
investigative journalism in Azerbaijan (162nd), showed that Ilham
Aliyev’s autocratic regime has reached the point of no-return.

Arbitrary arrests, which drove dozens of journalists into exile
in 2014, turned the country into Europe’s biggest prison for news
providers,” the report reads.

“Reporters Without Borders” extreme violence is one of the methods used
against critical journalists and bloggers in Azerbaijan. Ilgar Nasibov,
one of the few independent journalists and human rights defenders
in Azerbaijan’s Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, was the target of a
brutal attack while working in his office on 21 August. In Azerbaijan,
the police increasingly use criminal thugs to do their dirty work and
sometimes coordinate operations with them. The report also notes that
last summer the Azerbaijani authorities have completely eliminated
the main NGOs supporting the media.

From: A. Papazian

TIGRAN URIKHANYAN RECALLED HITLER REGARDING SERZH SARGSYAN’S CRITICISM TO GAGIK TSARUKYAN

[ Part 2.2: “Attached Text” ]

February 13 2015

RA President Serzh Sargsyan strongly criticized PAP leader Gagik
Tsarukyan in his speech made at the Council session. In particular,
he said, “It is a tragedy indeed, it is also funny in its
own way that Gagik Tsarukyan has great political ambitions. Gagik
Tsarukyan’s political actor has become an evil for our country.

The teammates constantly make efforts to explaining what is
“A” and what is “B.” Some of them write
their own agenda and submit thinking being convinced in the mind
that “it does not matter, he will not understand what he is
talking about”… Well, bro, all of this is not for your
mind. The political arena is not an arm-wrestling federation, here,
other features are required.”

It should be noted that in his speech, Serzh Sargsyan mentioned
Gagik Tsarukyan’s low intellectual abilities and signed a
decree on dismissing him from the status of a Council member of the
National Security and urged the Prime Minister to instruct relevant
authorities to audit Tsarukyan’s unpaid taxes and the truth
of the rumors about illegally accumulated billions. Aravot.am asked
the PAP party spokesman Tigran Urikhanyan what assessments he will
make about the observations voiced by the country’s president
to Gagik Tsarukyan. Mr. Urikhanyan first was reluctant to talk, so
we mentioned that this is a special case, in response Mr. Urikhanyan
said, “Serzh Sargsyan always says things like that. I’m
in the hospital for 11 hours visiting my family member, so I express
my highly personal and first outburst.”

Then he said. “Hitler was also well educated and intellectual
person but he massacred forty million people, while in our country, the
poverty reaches up to forty percent, people are slaughtered because of
having no bread and medicine. One needs to have heart and soul to have
compassion, to assume and bear the responsibility of perceiving the
situation of the human being, and the rest becomes secondary.”
Urikhanyan urged “As for the rest, let we first spend the
overnight.” We asked Deputy Chairman of “Heritage”
party Armen Martirosyan whether we should consider this speech as a
war on PAP, Mr. Martirosyan replied, “Yes, approximately so. Was
Raffi Hovannisian also an evil, that’s why they rigged the
elections to the end? Were “Heritage” and other political
forces an evil, therefore they rigged the elections, faking four
hundred votes to five hundred thousand. Are all of them evil and only
they are miracles? And the people flees from this miracle by hundreds
of thousands. They are the sun, which burns so strongly that makes
them flee.” Pertaining to Gagik Tsarukyan’s tax evasion
and illegal billions, in response to RA President’s remarks
Armen Martirosyan reminded Roza Tsarukyan’s words, “Shall
I pay for our money to go and be spent in the casinos?” And
then added, “Didn’t they know that he was not paying. Now,
the logic of the fight is changed. If a tax terror is applied against
Gagik Tsarukyan, this would be a pure political persecution. It there
were such a thing and they knew about it and did not processed, nor
prevented, then they have become an accomplice. Otherwise, they have
dug some dirt up and any use of it will be a political persecution,
and a violation of justice and all principles of equality”.

Tatev HARUTYUNYAN

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From: A. Papazian

THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE: A CENTURY OF DENIAL

LA Weekly, CA
Feb 12 2015

By Siran Babayan

As part of the commemoration of the centennial of the Armenian
Genocide, Richard Hovannisian, a UCLA professor, and David L.

Phillips, director of the Peace-building and Rights Program at Columbia
University, take an in-depth look at the Turkish government’s
century-long refusal to acknowledge the genocide committed by
the Ottoman Empire in 1915. Moderated by KPFK host Ian Masters,
the discussion will also cover “efforts to foster dialogue and
reconciliation” between the two countries.

From: A. Papazian

SPORTS: GREECE HAND REINS FOR THEIR UEFA EURO 2016 OVER TO SERGIO MARKARIAN

UEFA.com
Feb 12 2015

Greece hand reins over to Markarian

Published: Thursday 12 February 2015, 15.12CET

Sergio Markarian will coach Greece for the rest of their UEFA EURO
2016 campaign, with UEFA EURO 2004 talisman Giorgos Karagounis having
pushed for his appointment.

The Hellenic Football Federation (EPO) has named Sergio Markarian as
the new coach of Greece on the recommendation of Giorgos Karagounis –
the current director of Greek national teams, who played under the
Uruguayan at Panathinaikos FC.

The 70-year-old Markarian will fill the void created by the departure
of Claudio Ranieri, who left in mid-November after just four months
in charge. Markarian will sign a deal until the end of Greece’s UEFA
EURO 2016 qualifying campaign, with the contract to be automatically
extended until July 2016 if he succeeds in steering Greece to the
finals in France. His contract requires him to take up permanent
residence in the country.

“Being given the responsibility of coaching the Greece national team
is a great honour for me,” said Markarian. “I would like to thank the
federation for choosing me. We have a tough task ahead, but I believe
in my ability and in the potential of Greek football. We will all do
our best to achieve our aims, starting with our upcoming encounter
in Hungary.”

Twice coach of Paraguay (from 1992-93 and 1999-2002), Markarian –
who is of Armenian extraction – occupied the Peru helm from 2010-14,
with both of those national sides enjoying their highest ever FIFA
rankings (eighth and 19th respectively) under his tutelage.

Markarian also understands Greece, having worked at three different
Super League clubs. He first crossed the Atlantic in 1998 to manage
Ionikos FC for a season, before returning in December 2001 to coach
Panathinaikos. He guided the Greens to the quarter-finals of the
UEFA Champions League in 2001/02, where they were eliminated by FC
Barcelona, 3-2 on aggregate.

He departed in May that year, but was reinstated in the autumn after
Fernando Santos stepped down as Panathinaikos boss. His team challenged
Olympiacos FC for the league title but just missed out, also making
it to the 2002/03 UEFA Cup quarter-finals where they lost to Jose
Mourinho’s FC Porto. Between 2004 and 2005 he coached Iraklis FC.

Markarian impressed in Greek football, learning the language and
winning over his players, and showing great tactical awareness. His
sides showed plenty of spirit and a never-say-die mentality – something
which will be useful as UEFA EURO 2004 winners Greece attempt to
make up for a poor start to Group F, culminating in a 1-0 home loss
to the Faroe Islands. Markarian will lead Greece for the first time
in their qualifier against Hungary in Budapest on 29 March.

From: A. Papazian

ALEPPO BECKONS: ISTANBUL JUST A TEMPORARY REFUGE FOR SYRIAN-ARMENIAN FAMILY LONGING TO RETURN HOME

Anna Muradyan

11:28, February 6, 2015

The war raging in Syria has made refugees of Dzovig Vahramian’s family.

She and her two sons – Harout and Hagop – moved to Istanbul two
years ago. Her husband Hrach joined them two months ago. He jokes
that Dzovig really likes the letter “H” and that’s why she has three
of them – Hrach, Harout and Hagop.

Hrach remained in Aleppo, hoping that things would change for the
better. They didn’t.

The parents chose Istanbul because Dzovig has an aunt living there
and because they both speak Turkish.

“But I won’t live here,” says Mrs. Vahramian. “There’s no future here
and the education is lacking. My Harout was quite successful playing
piano and chess back in Aleppo. Here, he’s left it all behind because
there’s nowhere to go here.”

Estimates place the number of Armenians who fled Syria and are now
living in Armenia at some 11,000. Many have left for other countries;
even Turkey. They are just a tiny fraction of the 1.6 million Syrian
refuges now in Turkey. Since Ankara doesn’t keep refuges figures
broken down according to ethnicity, the number of Syrian-Armenians
now residing in Turkey is unclear.

Mrs. Vahramian says her biggest worry in Turkey revolves around the
issue of their Armenian identity.

She does not allow her sons to ride the buses in Istanbul by themselves
out of the fear that they might be overheard speaking something other
than Turkish and that, as a result of further questioning, they will
be identified as Armenian.

“I tell them not to speak Armenian,” Dzovig says.

15 year-old Harout says he studied the Armenian literature curriculum
he’s now taking at an Istanbul Armenian school in the fifth or sixth
grades back in Aleppo. Dzovig adds that many Istanbul Armenians do
not speak the language well because it’s no longer the language of
daily conversation.

“The daily environment isn’t Armenian,” says Dzovig. “At parent-teacher
meetings only the Armenian language teacher speaks Armenian. The
parents and other teachers can’t speak the language.

When I speak Armenian, they want it translated in Turkish.”

Istanbul-Armenian businessman Dikran Altoun says the children know
their grammar rules very well but are unable to put two words together
and make a sentence because they do not speak the language. He says
they tried to send local teachers to Armenia and to invite teachers
from Yerevan, but that the differences between western and eastern
Armenian prevents the project from really taking off.

Altoun says that the community now sends ten teachers to the Mkhitarist
Armenian congregation in Venice for training in western Armenian.

“But this isn’t adequate because when they leave the classes they
revert to Turkish since everyone else is speaking Italian,” he says,
adding that the community is now thinking of sending some teachers
to Beirut.

Mrs. Vahramian, an architect by profession, says that Aleppo is her
home and that she has no life elsewhere. She drew up the plans for
one of the buildings for the AGBU School in Aleppo. Her roots, like
many Aleppo Armenians, can be traced back to Cilicia. Her father’s
side of the family hails from Aintab.

“I say this because Armenians enjoyed many freedoms in Aleppo, and
we never felt any conflict between Muslims and Christians. On New
Year’s we would shoot off fireworks and the Muslims would come to
join in the festivities. Here, even educated Armenians wonder why
they should decorate a Christmas tree,” she says.

Hrach says that during his 52 years he’s witnessed the opening of two
new Armenian churches and that five of Aleppo’s seven major theaters
were Armenian. He proudly points out that there were no poor Armenians
in Aleppo and that they all belonged to the middle and upper classes.

“Even the water and electricity for Armenian churches, just like for
mosques, were provided free of charge. It was the same for the other
minorities,” Hrach says. “But Aleppo has changed and I am worried that
the old times won’t come back. You have the regime and the opposition
at loggerheads, each accusing the other of murdering their brothers.”

Hrach received his college education in Armenia in the 1980s at the
State Polytechnic Institute.

“I spent the best days of my life in Armenia,” he says with a smile.

Hrach says his 25 years as a builder have all gone up in smoke.

While normal daily life in Syria has been disrupted due to the ongoing
civil war, the Vahramian family decided to leave Aleppo relatively
late. They lived in the center of town, an area under the control of
the Assad regime. This is in contrast to the predominately Armenian
populated Nor Kyugh neighborhood, located on the outskirts of the
town. Over the past four years or so, half the neighborhood has been
reduced to rubble.

The family decided to leave on January 15, 2013 after three consecutive
bomb blasts shook Aleppo.

“At the time, I was leaving the university with four other teachers.

The first blast hit and the force threw us back. The air became fog
like with dust. The students started to scream for help. The windows
shattered and pieces hit my face. Then the second blast hit,” Dzovig
relates, her body shaking with emotion. “We ran for the bathhouse. My
students yelled that I was covered in red. I looked in the mirror
and saw my whole face was bloodied. Ten students died that day and
we were miraculously saved. Had we left earlier, we would have been
where the rockets hit.”

Since she speaks French and Arabic, Dzovig had no trouble finding work
in Istanbul. But she doesn’t like her work as a foreign sales manager.

“I have to travel a lot for work. I traveled to three countries in
three nights. I saw Greece and Dubai but all of it isn’t worth just
one day of living in Aleppo.”

While the family says it will not stay in Istanbul, they haven’t yet
decided where to go next. They are toying with the idea of Canada
or Australia.

“But those places are so far away. How will we ever return?” Dzovig
says, hopeful that they’ll go back to Aleppo. Her husband strikes a
less optimistic note on the chances of returning.

“I believe that things will get better and that I will return. I’ll
open a studio and construct buildings in Aleppo,” says a determined
Dzovig.

From: A. Papazian

PM PLEDGES TO ELIMINATE “MINORITY” CONCEPT IN SOCIAL LIFE

Hurriyet Daily news, Turkey
Feb 12 2015

ANKARA

The Turkish government is determined to eliminate the phrase “minority”
in social life, regardless of whether it exists in international legal
documents, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has said at a gathering
with opinion leaders from the country’s non-Muslim minorities.

“I consider this table to be a conversation circle around which not
only the new Turkey but also the new Balkans, the new Middle East
and the new Caucasus will be built together,” Davutoglu said in his
speech at the dinner he hosted late on Feb. 11.

“Whoever makes a distinction between ‘primary’ and ‘second-class’
citizens merely on the basis of the concept of being a religious
minority, then that person is putting dynamite in the foundations of
that state,” he added.

“As I had told the religious leaders who I gathered at Dolmabahce,
we are determined to eliminate the minority concept in social life,
though it may exist in some international legal documents such as
the Treaty of Lausanne,” he added, referring to the Lausanne Treaty,
in which the newly born Republic of Turkey defined its minorities and
their rights. On Jan. 2, Davutoglu had met with non-Muslim religious
leaders at the Prime Ministry’s office in the historic Dolmabahce
Palace in Istanbul.

However, before hosting non-Muslim leaders in Ankara on Feb. 11,
Davutoglu gave an interview to public broadcaster TRT Haber.

In the interview, broadcast live, Davutoglu criticized U.S.-based
Islamic scholar Fethullah Gulen for collaborating with certain circles,
including “anti-Islam lobbies,” in the run-up to the centennial
anniversary of the 1915 massacres of Ottoman Armenians in Anatolia,
which many say amounted to genocide.

Davutoglu also slammed main opposition Republican People’s Party
(CHP) leader Kemal Kılıcdaroglu for calling on people to take to
the streets against “authoritarianism” that he said is present in
the country.

“He [Kılıcdaroglu] says he will defend the rights of those who wear
masks [during demonstrations]. He uses expressions that indicate that
he will also defend the rights of those who throw Molotov cocktails.

At the same time, the head of the parallel structure is in the New
York Times,” he said in an unfinished sentence, referring to the New
York Times’ publishing of an editorial penned by Gulen on Feb. 3 that
was full of criticism against the government, including on the issue
of minorities’ rights.

“An individual who is viewed with very great respect by a segment of
this country, or a movement that is regarded with respect, would he
pen an article in a way that would mobilize anti-Turkey lobbies and
anti-Islam lobbies in America, at a time when the country is passing
through the most critical thresholds?” Davutoglu asked.

“It is like you are attempting ‘whistleblowing’ only two months before
April 24, when people are trying to mobilize all of the American
lobbies,” he said, referring to the tradition date on which the 1915
events are commemorated by Armenians.

“When we are considering what kind of measures we would take against
an attack on Turkey in the 100th anniversary, you published an article
provoking and encouraging aggressors,” the prime minister added.

February/12/2015

From: A. Papazian

FACEBOOK DOESN’T ENFORCE ITS OWN STANDARDS ON HATE SPEECH

Triple Pundit
Feb 11 2015

Gina-Marie Cheeseman | Wednesday February 11th, 2015

Hate speech and the Internet can go hand-in-hand, including on
Facebook. It recently came to my attention that Facebook does not
enforce its own standards regarding hate speech. While scrolling
through posts on my Facebook feed, I came across a post about an
anti-Armenian group. The name of the said group was “F-k Armenia.” The
posts in the group were very derogatory of Armenia and Armenians.

Using “F-k Armenia” as a search term turned up about 10 other groups
with that name.

There is a context to the proliferation of anti-Armenian Facebook
groups that many may not know. This year on April 24, Armenians
worldwide will mark the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the
Armenian genocide perpetrated by the Turkish government. About 1.5
million Armenians, or 3 out of every 4 Armenians living under the
Ottoman Turkish empire, were murdered. To this day the Turkish
government refuses to recognize the genocide and continues its
campaign of denial, even going to the extreme of stating that Armenians
murdered Turks.

There are over 11,000 members of the Facebook group “I am a Descendant
of a Survivor of the Armenian Genocide,” and judging by the comments
on the post regarding the anti-Armenian page, many, including me,
reported the anti-Armenian group. What we received back from Facebook
was the following message:

“Thank you for taking the time to report something that you feel may
violate our Community Standards. Reports like yours are an important
part of making Facebook a safe and welcoming environment. We reviewed
the Page you reported for containing hate speech or symbols and found
it doesn’t violate our Community Standards.”

Looking at the hate speech section of Facebook’s Community Standards,
it becomes apparent that the anti-Armenian groups are considered hate
speech by those very standards:

“Facebook does not permit hate speech, but distinguishes between
serious and humorous speech. While we encourage you to challenge ideas,
institutions, events, and practices, we do not permit individuals
or groups to attack others based on their race, ethnicity, national
origin, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, disability or
medical condition.”

Anti-Armenian groups are not the only racist groups on Facebook. There
are also groups called “F-k Mexico” and “F-k Azerbaijan.” I reported
every hate group I came across and received the same message that I
posted above.

Only one page was removed by Facebook, and that is the initial
anti-Armenian page I learned about. Many others also reported it.

Clearly, it takes a good amount of pressure for Facebook to take down
racist sites and adhere to its own standards.

From: A. Papazian