Author: Badalian Vardan

LA PHRASE D’HITLER DANS THE SECRET LIFE OF WORDS
Jean Eckian

armenews.com
jeudi 19 avril 2012

Hier, 18 avril, Arte a presente le film d’Isabel Coixet, The Secret
Life of Words (2005), histoire d’une jeune femme qui tente d’oublier
un passe dramatique.

Elle s’embarque sur une plateforme petrolière pour soigner une homme
qui, accidente et brule, a perdu provisoirement la vue. Effacee et
pratiquement muette durant les soins qu’elle prodigue a Josef (Tim
Robbins), ce dernier tente de decouvrir, par toutes sortes de feintes,
la personnalite de son infirmière. Se rapprochant indiciblement
de lui, Hanna (Sarah Polley) est amenee a devoiler, litteralement,
le secret de marques de tortures sur son corps.

Separes, alors que Josef est heliporte dans un hôpital, puis soigne,
il cherche a retrouver Hanna. Au cours de sa quete, Josef apprend
les tortures endurees par Hanna dans les Balkans. On lui propose
de voir une video. Refusant finalement de visionner la cassette,
il demande le pourquoi d’un tel enregistrement. C’est au cours de
cette scène que la phrase d’Hitler est prononcee : “parce qu’ en 1939,
avant que la Pologne ne soit envahie, Hitler a dit devant ses generaux
“qui se souvient du massacre des Armeniens”, voila pourquoi.”

Un film pudique sur des traumas partages ; celui des fracasses de
la vie.

L’AZERBAIDJANAIS EYNULLA FATULLAYEV LAUREAT DU PRIX UNESCO DE LA LIBERTE DE
Stephane

armenews.com
jeudi 19 avril 2012

Le journaliste azerbaïdjanais et militant des droits de l’Homme
Eynulla Fatullayev a remporte le Prix mondial de la liberte de la
presse Unesco/Guillermo Cano 2012, a annonce mardi l’Organisation
des Nations unies pour l’education, la science et la culture.

M. Fatullayev a ete choisi par un jury international independant.

Age de 35 ans, il est l’ancien redacteur en chef et fondateur
de l’hebdomadaire populaire independant en langue russe Realny
Azerbaijan (l’Azerbaïdjan reel) et du quotidien en langue azerie
Gundalik Azarbaycan (Le quotidien d’Azerbaïdjan).

“Tout au long de sa carrière, il a defendu resolument et sans relâche
la liberte de la presse et la liberte d’expression. Emprisonne en 2007,
il a ete libere l’annee dernière a la faveur d’une grâce presidentielle
accordee a l’occasion du Jour de la Republique d’Azerbaïdjan, le 26
mai. (…) En juillet 2011, Eynulla Fatullayev a cree l’Union publique
pour les droits de l’Homme, une organisation non gouvernementale de
defense des droits de l’Homme”, precise l’Unesco dans un communique.

Le Prix de la liberte de la presse Unesco/Guillermo Cano a ete cree
en 1997 par le Conseil executif de l’Unesco. Decerne chaque annee a
l’occasion de la Journee mondiale de la liberte de la presse, celebree
le 3 mai, il a pour vocation de distinguer le travail d’une personne
ou d’une organisation s’employant a defendre ou promouvoir la liberte
d’expression où que ce soit dans le monde, surtout si cette activite
l’a amenee a mettre sa vie en danger.

Les candidats sont proposes par les Etats membres de l’Unesco et
des organisations regionales ou internationales qui defendent et
promeuvent la liberte d’expression. Avant lui la journaliste russe
assassinee Anna Politkovskaïa avait recu ce prix en 2007.

L’OPPOSITION REVE DE CHANGEMENT
Laetitia

armenews.com
jeudi 19 avril 2012

Un chef de file de la Federation revolutionnaire armenienne
(Dachnaktsoutioun) a declare mercredi que les trois principaux partis
politiques qui se sont engages a lutter ensemble pour l’equite des
elections legislatives du mois prochain sont finalement interesses
a changer le gouvernement actuel de l’Armenie. ” Le but n’est pas
seulement de surveiller des elections mais aussi d’assurer que les
elections en Armenie deviennent un moyen pour changer le gouvernement
“, a declare Armen Rustamian a RFE / RL. ” Malheureusement, cela n’a
pas ete le cas en Armenie jusqu’a present. ” Les trois pretendants
aux elections ont decide de mettre en place le Centre Inter-Parti
pour la surveillance publique des elections du 4 avril.

Rustamian a parle a RFE / RL après avoir assiste a une troisième
reunion entre la FRA, le BHK et le HAK pour mettre en place les
activites du centre anti-fraude. Ils ont nomme trois personnes qui
seront chargees de coordonner le travail du centre.

La reunion a ete boycottee par un autre principal parti d’opposition,
Zharangutyun. Il etait initialement pret a rejoindre le groupe de
travail, mais a exige que Tsarukian s’engage personnellement a lutter
contre la fraude electorale. Les dirigeants Zharangutyun ont egalement
accuse le parti du HAK et Tsarukian d’avoir des arrière-pensees. La
critique de Zharangutyun et les allegations ont ete rejetees par les
participants de la reunion mercredi.

THERE IS NO ALTERNATIVE TO NKR RECOGNITION, ARMENIAN DEPUTY SPEAKER SAYS

armradio.am
17.04.2012 16:46

Azerbaijan must first stop the arms race and the military rhetoric,
Deputy Speaker of the Armenian National Assembly Edward Sharmazanov
said, commenting on Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s statement.

Referring to the Karabakh issue, during the Azerbaijani government
sitting, Aliyev said, in part: “The day will come when the Azerbaijani
flag will fly in Stepanakert and Shushi.”

“First, Azerbaijan must stop the arms race and the military rhetoric.

Second, it must prepare its society for peace, not for war,”
Sharmazanov stated.

“Third, if Aliyev Jr. is eager to see the Azerbaijani flag in
Stepanakert, there is only one way to achieve that – establishment of
diplomatic relations with the independent republic of Artsakh. As a
result, the independent republic of Artsakh’s flag will wave at the
NKR Embassy in Baku, and they can place their flag at neighboring
Azerbaijan’s embassy building in the NKR capital Stepanakert,” the
Deputy Speaker said.

“I believe those in the country to the east of Artsakh will come
to understand sooner or later that there is no alternative to the
international recognition of NKR,” Sharmazanov concluded.

16″OSKANIAN WILL BE LEFT IN THE BASKET,” AS EDUARD SHARMAZANOV’S GRANDMA WOULD SAY

April 16, 2012 12:57

The criticisms made by Vartan Oskanian, a former Minister of Foreign
Affairs of the Republic of Armenia, of the current government,
have already become a rule. inquired from Eduard
Sharmazanov, the Republican Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly,
whether they merely aimed at propaganda or perhaps Vartan Oskanian
had other aspirations. The response was, “In case of Oskanian,
I have already said once and can repeat. When Oskanian speaks, he
reminds me a famous French diplomat’s words, ‘There are people, for
whom the biggest cruelty is the departure with power.’ Now that man
(Oskanian – edit.) hasn’t been in power for five years, dreams,
feels nostalgic and that idea is very characteristic of him.”

As for Oskanian’s another criticism, Sharmazanov reminds once again
that the party, a member of which the former foreign minister is, has
been and is a full member of the Cabinet. “The party he is a member of
has been the manager of 35%, 1/3 of this Cabinet’s budget, it voted for

all important initiatives of the Cabinet, including the drafts of state
budgets, both in the National Assembly and in the Cabinet. One should
just assert one thing that either Oskanian is engaged in populism
and deceives the people or he has chosen the wrong party.”

Armen Ashotyan, a member of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA)
council wrote in regard to Oskanian’s criticism on his page on Facebook
that he showed his “presidential” aspirations by that. We inquired
whether Sharmazanov shared his fellow party member’s opinion.

“Oskanian can wish many things. The history has seen many figures
like Oskanian who wanted to become the President, but there have
been only three presidents in the Republic of Armenia so far,” said
our interlocutor, adding, “As my grandma would say, Oskanian will be
left in the basket.”

HERITAGE MEMBER: NONE OF OUR MEMBERS HAVE TAKEN PART IN THE ROBBERY OF THE COUNTRY

arminfo
Tuesday, April 17, 20:19

None of our members have taken part in the robbery of the country,
member of the Heritage party, MP Armen Martirosyan said during a
press-conference on Tuesday.

He wonders why the Armenian National Congress and the Prosperous
Armenia party are keeping secret their rapprochement. “It seems that
Levon Ter-Petorssyan, who keeps calling for change of the regime, is
going to cooperate with Prosperous Armenia, a party from the ruling
coalition,” Martirosyan said.

“Ter-Petrosyan, who is now calling for fair elections, was the first
to introduce the practice of electoral fraud in Armenia; the Dashnaks,
who are now so much concerned for the national interests, were exactly
the ones who legalized monopolies; Prosperous Armenia, who is talking
about welfare, destroyed the small and medium-sized business by voting
for the law on compulsory cash tellers and is wasting budgetary money
on its ministers. It is they who are to blame for the robbery of the
country,” Martirosyan said.

ARMENIAN SYUNIK REGION OF KEY IMPORTANCE – PRESIDENT

news.am
April 17, 2012 | 18:37

YEREVAN. – Head of Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), President Serzh
Sargsyan continued election campaign in the Syunik Region on Tuesday.

In Kapan, he visited geology museum, Vamaks Group company to
familiarize himself with dairy and meat production.

Addressing the voters in the city of Goris, Sargsyan said that RPA’s
goal is to make Armenian citizens socially and physically protected.

There are still many problems in Goris which can be settled through
mutual efforts, he emphasized.

President Sargsyan underscored Syunik Region’s importance for Armenia.

“I want to see Goris an educational center, crossroad of trade,”
he added.

Eight political parties and one block have presented their nominations
– Republican Party of Armenian, Prosperous Armenia Party, Orinats
Yerkir, opposition Armenian National Congress, opposition Heritage
Party, ARF Dashnaktsutyun, the Communist Party of Armenia, Democratic
Party of Armenia and United Armenians Party.

For entering the National Assembly, parties must poll over 5% of votes,
while blocks – over 7%.

The election campaign will be held till May 5 – the day prior to
elections when campaigning is banned. The parliamentary elections
will be held from 8 am to 8 pm on May 6, 2012.

AZERBAIJANI POLITICIAN: “AZERBAIJAN MAY BECOME A TARGET FOR THE WAR IN FUTURE”

17.04.12

If Azerbaijan gave military bases to Israel to attack Iran it is
just a foolish step and is national betrayal. Azerbaijani politician
Zardusht Alizadeh announced about this, Azerbaijani media write.

Commenting on the information in the international media according
which Azerbaijan gave Israel military airport and let it use the
airport against Iran Alizadeh said: “If it is right so Azerbaijan
will become a target for the war in future”.

Alizadeh noted that Azerbaijani foreign political doctrine forbids
give territories to the third country. “Azerbaijan is a member of
the Not-united movement countries so it must be in equal farness from
the conflicting sides”, Azerbaijani politician noted.

Iranian-Azerbaijani relations have become strained because of the
Azerbaijani good relations with Israel. Iran and Azerbaijan have sent
several notes of protests during this year. Iran calls on Azerbaijan to
refuse the Zionist regime and remain confident to the Islamic claims,
but Azerbaijan continues strengthening relations with Israel.

According to some experts now Azerbaijan gets weapon in order to use
it against Iran further.

ARMENIAN EDUCATION MINISTER DISMISSES LINGUISTIC UNIVERSITY RECTOR

news.am
April 17, 2012 | 17:42

YEREVAN. – Armenia’s Education and Science Minister Armen Ashotyan
signed a decree on Tuesday to dismiss Yerevan State Linguistic
University rector Suren Zolyan.

Earlier Zolyan received a severe reprimand for not fulfilling duties
properly. In response, Zolyan has applied to the PM and the court to
recognize the reprimand invalid.

The Minister issued the second reprimand on Tuesday.

BOXING: ‘KING ARTHUR’ ON REST IN ARMENIA AFTER ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL BOUT
By Gohar Abrahamyan

ArmeniaNow
17.04.12 | 15:50

Armenia-born boxer Arthur Abraham says he is in Armenia on a
“well-earned” rest after another victory scored in the professional
ring late last month.

On March 31, Germany-based former IBF middleweight champion and Super
Six contestant Abraham (34-3, 27 KOs) won a 12-round unanimous decision
over Piotr Wilczewski (30-3, 10 KOs) from Poland.

Meeting with Armenian media in Yerevan on Tuesday Abraham said that he
would not break the tradition of coming to Armenia after each victory
“to get some rest and inspiration” in his homeland.

“I love Armenia very much, and I do everything to be able to spend
at least a few weeks here,” said the Berlin-based 32-year-old
prizefighter, who made his first steps in sport in Yerevan. Abraham
stressed that he particularly needed some rest now after a grueling
fight against the Pole.

“It was a tough fight, but it qualified me as the highest-ranked
challenger in the WBO ratings, and now I am to face the world champion
in this division,” said Abraham.

Boxing, according to the athlete, is a sport full of surprises. “If
you lose concentration for a moment, you get into harm’s way,”
said Abraham.

The experienced prizefighter acknowledged experiencing certain
difficulties in the 76-kg (super middleweight) division as compared
to the 72.5-kg (middleweight) category where he had stayed unbeaten
for years before giving up his IBF belt in 2009. He said, though,
he is trying to use new tactics in his fights this year.

Abraham also said in a few years’ time when he calls it a career in
professional boxing he plans to open a sports and language training
school for children in his native Nerkin Charbakh district in Yerevan.

Sports.Yahoo.com has recently ranked Abraham among the top ten boxers
coming from former Soviet and Eastern Bloc countries. The top fighter
on this list is Ukrainian heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko.

At the peak of his career in 2009 Abraham was voted Berlin sportsman
of the year and was ranked as the 14th best boxer in the world.