Remember, Recognize, Condemn And Reimburse: 4 Demands By 4 Generatio

REMEMBER, RECOGNIZE, CONDEMN AND REIMBURSE: 4 DEMANDS BY 4 GENERATIONS

15:22, 24 Feb 2015
Siranush Ghazanchyan

Ahead of the Armenian Genocide centennial the youth unions of the
Araratian Patriarchal Diocese launch a campaign to present the demands
of the four generations of the Armenian nation.

Remember, recognize, condemn and reimburse – these are the four demands
will be reflected in four videos to be presented tonight. The videos
will present the approaches of four generations of the Armenian nation
on the recognition and condemnation of the Armenian Genocide.

They will be posted on the Internet with the hashtag #4demand.

Fr. Petros Malyan, Spiritual Advisor of the youth unions of the
Araratian Patriarchal Diocese told reporters today that “the four
videos should be an example for every Armenian.”

The organizers urge every Armenian to shoot his own video on the
topic and share it in social networks with the hashtag #4demand. The
initiative aims to raise the 4 main demands of 4 generations in 4
seasons of the year in the 4 sides of the world.

Through the videos the Armenians of the world will make it clear to
the world that the struggle will continue until a proper solution
to the demands is found. After April 24, 2014 the youth unions of
the Diocese have been commemorating the centennial of the Armenian
Genocide on the 24th of every month. Today’s initiative will be the
tenth in the series of events.

“Everyone should raise his/her voice and present his/her demand. This
should be done not only by Armenians, but also the foreigners, who
have a say about the Armenian Genocide,” Fr. Petros Malyan said.

After the project is unveiled, the four videos will be available on
the Internet. The initiatives dedicated to the 100th anniversary of
the Armenian Genocide will not be restricted to these. The Araratian
Patriarchal Diocese will hold events throughout the year.

http://www.armradio.am/en/2015/02/24/remember-recognize-condemn-and-reimburse-4-demands-by-4-generations/

Manuel Valls Va Inaugurer Le College Kevork Arabian A Alfortville

MANUEL VALLS VA INAUGURER LE COLLEGE KEVORK ARABIAN A ALFORTVILLE

Enseignement

L’education se porte très bien dans la communaute armenienne de France,
en grande partie grâce a Monsieur Kevork Arabian. Après l’inauguration
de l’ecole maternelle Tebrotzassère Le Roy-Agabekian au Raincy et son
futur lycee, les regards vont se tourner le 4 juillet prochain vers
Alfortville a l’occasion de l’inauguration, par le premier ministre
Manuel Valls, du collège Kevork Arabian, du nom de son principal
bienfaiteur.

Après deux annees de travaux, Kevork Arabian, 84 ans, va pouvoir
admirer l’oeuvre entreprise, lui qui a fait fortune dans l’emballage
industriel et qui a deja finance la salle des fetes de Tebrotzassère.

En 2013, cet homme discret, arrive en France en 1987 en provenance du
Liban, a declare au journal Le Parisien : >

mardi 24 fevrier 2015, Jean Eckian (c)armenews.com

http://www.armenews.com/article.php3?id_article=108445

Genocidio Armeno. Conferenza A Roma, Tra Commemorazione E Nagazionis

GENOCIDIO ARMENO. CONFERENZA A ROMA, TRA COMMEMORAZIONE E NAGAZIONISMO

Notizie Geopolitiche- Italia
22 feb 2015

feb 22nd, 2015 | By redazione 1 | Category: Qui Europa, Ultimissime

di Giuliano Bifolchi –

La John Cabot University, in collaborazione con l’Associazione
della Comunita Armena di Roma e del Lazio, ha organizzato lo scorso
giovedì 19 febbraio 2015, presso l’Aula Magna Regina dell’universita
stessa, l’evento “Remembering and Narrating the Genocide: Learning
>From ArmenianWomen and ChildrenSurvivors”, serata dedicata alla
commemorazione del Genocidio Armeno con l’obiettivo di promuovere
la conoscenza tra il pubblico italiano e gli studenti di una della
pagine più cupe della storia del XX secolo.

I partecipanti hanno potuto ascoltare l’introduzione all’evento
di Franco Pavoncello, Presidente della John Cabot University, e
gli interventi di Zara Pogossian, professoressa presso la stessa
universita ospitante l’evento specializzata in Storia dell’Europa
Mediavale e di Bisanzio e Storia della Chiese Cristiane Orientali,
Ara Sarafian, storico britannico di origine armena e direttore del
Gomidas Institute di Londra, e Sua Eccellenza Sargis Ghazaryan,
Ambasciatore della Repubblica di Armenia in Italia.

Per Genocidio Armeno, conosciuto anche con il nome di Medz Yeghern, il
“Grande Male”, si intende il processo sistematico avviato dall’Impero
Ottomano di eliminazione della componente etnica minoritaria armena
all’interno del territorio attualmente facente parte della Turchia. Il
Genocidio, la cui data di inizio viene convenzionalmente indicata
con il 24 aprile 1915, ha causato la morte di un numero di vittime
pari ad 1-1,5 milioni di persone, tra cui circa 250 intellettuali e
leader della comunita armena di Costantinopoli.

L’intervento di Zara Pogossian, oltre a ripercorrere brevemente gli
eventi ed i numeri che hanno caratterizzato questa pagina di storia
di inizio XX secolo, ha posto l’attenzione sul termine “genocidio”,
coniato nel 1943 da Raphael Lemkin,il cui significato indica lo
sterminio premeditato e sistematico di un gruppo di persone sulla
base della loro etnia, religione, credenze politiche, status sociale
o altre particolarita. Prendendo in considerazione questa definizione
è possibile quindi etichettare con il la parola genocidio gli eventi
accaduti a partire dal 1915 all’interno dell’Impero Ottomano che hanno
visto impegnate le autorita turche dell’epocain una attivita diretta
allo sterminiodella componente armena, motivo per cui Medz Yeghern
può essere visto come uno dei primi genocidi moderni. L’intervento
della Pogossian si è concluso con la citazione toccante del poeta
turco naturalizzato polacco Nazim Hikmet il quale, in merito al
Genocidio Armeno, scrisse:

“This Armenian citizen won’t forgive his father’s slaughter in the
Kurdish mountains. But he likes you, because you also can’t forgive
those who blackened the Turkish people’s name”

Ara Sarafian, storico britannico di origine armena, ha portato la
propria esperienza di ricercatore all’interno dell’attuale Stato turco
ed ha tenuto a sottolineare come la stessa Turchia stia cambiando al
suo interno la propria politica e visione circa il Genocidio Armeno.

Secondo Sarafian i turchi che negano il Genocidio perpetrano questa
causa non sulla base di un odio nei confronti degli armeni ed il
fenomeno del negazionismo sarebbe in fase di declino.

Studioso dell’Impero Ottomano e della storia dell’Armenia del XX,
Sarafian ha posto l’attenzione sul termine Crypto-Armenians (in
armeno Õ®ÕºÕ¿ÕµÕ¡Õ¬Õ°Õ¡ÕµÕ¥O~@ “tsptyalhayer” ed in turco Kripto
Ermeniler) descrivente quelle persone in Turchia le cui origini sono
parzialmente o totalmente armene le quali generalmente nascondono la
propria identita armena alla societa turca. In molti dei casi tali
persone sono discendenti degli armeni islamizzati sotto la minaccia
dello sterminio fisico durante il Genocidio Armeno.

Il giornalista turco Erhan Basyurt aveva descritto i Crytpo-Armeni
come quelle famiglie, ed in alcuni casi interi villaggi o vicinati,
convertite all’Islam per scappare alla deportazione e alle “marce della
morte” del 1915; tali famiglie continuano a vivere le proprie vite
come armeni in segretezza, sposandosi fra di loro ed in alcuni casi
professando la religione cristiana clandestinamente. Tra i membri della
comunita Crypto-Armena è possibile annoverare personalita importanti
come ad esempio Fethiye Cetin, avvocato, scrittore ed attivista per i
diritti umani, Ahmet Abakay, giornalista, Muslum Gurses, cantante di
musica araba popolare ed attore, e Yasar Kurt, cantate di musica rock.

Di carattere maggiormente politico ed istituzionale è stato
l’intervento dell’Ambasciatore della Repubblica di Armenia in Italia
il quale ha voluto evidenziare che il fenomeno del negazionismo viene
inteso come una minaccia da parte dell’Armenia: negando il Genocidio
Armeno, attraverso la sua politica estera, il Governo della Turchia
continua a rappresentare una minaccia per lo Stato armeno e palesa
l’eventualita che un altro genocidio possa ripetersi nuovamente.

La sfida che deve affrontare Erevan attualmente, secondo quanto
espresso da Ghazaryan, è data sia dal ricordare a livello
internazionale una politica sistematica ottomana causante la morte di
più di un milione di persone e sia dal regolare le proprie relazioni
internazionali ed i propri rapporti con la Turchia, attore politico
importante a livello regionale con il quale la disputa è accesa
proprio in merito al Genocidio Armeno, e di conseguenza con lo stesso
Azerbaigian, alleato di Ankara impegnato contro l’Armenia per quel che
concerne la questione del Nagorno-Karabakh rappresentante a sua volta
una minaccia per la sopravvivenza della nazione e del popolo armeno.

Al termine dell’incontro di grande interesse è stato il dibattito
che si è acceso grazie anche all’intervento di Tahir Bora Atatanir,
rappresentante dell’Ambasciata della Repubblica di Turchia in Italia,
il quale ha tenuto a precisare le posizioni di Ankara in merito
al Genocidio Armeno mettendo in discussione il termine genocidio
applicato a tali eventi e la relativa mancanza di una posizione
ufficiale internazionale, i numeri delle vittime armene fino a
quel momento citati ed affermando inoltre che, negli episodi che
caratterizzarono l’Impero Ottomano a partire dal 1915, entrambe le
parti, quella armena e quella turca, registrarono delle vittime
causate dallo scoppio di tensioni e contrasti Occorre ricordare
che alla fine gennaio il Presidente turco Recep Tayyip Erdogan si
espresse sul Genocidio Armeno dichiarando che la Turchia è pronta a
“pagare il prezzo” per l’uccisione in massa degli armeni iniziata nel
1915 soltanto se una “commissione di storici imparziale”, dopo una
scrupolosa ricerca, arrivera ad ammettere la colpevolezza dell’Impero
Ottomano in merito a tale crimine.

Giuliano Bifolchi è analista geopolitico specializzato nel settore
Sicurezza, Conflitti ed Energia. Laureato in Scienze Storiche presso
l’Universita Tor Vergata di Roma, ha conseguito un Master in Peace
Building Management presso l’Universita Pontificia San Bonaventura.

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OneArmenia: Third Time’s a Charm in Karabakh

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Third time’s a charm in Kashatagh!
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1A preps its 3rd campaign in Karabakh…
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…all of which have taken place in the Kashatagh region and, trust
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We think Kashatagh is a fertile ground for possibilities and
potential, but there’s still so much more to be done. We’re launching
a campaign there next week, so we thought we’d quickly recap the work
we’ve already accomplished (with our awesome partners at Tufenkian
Foundation () ) in this beautiful,
but developing region of Nagorno-Karabakh.

Clean Water in Karotan
A few months later, we focused our attention on another village, where
families had been drinking out of a dirty well for nearly 20 years and
had to walk over 3 kilometers several times a day to retrieve water
from the only well in the area. Again, thanks to you 125 people in
Karotan and neighboring Vardabats, Kumayri and Pakahan, now have fresh
drinking water.

A Kindergarten in Moshatagh
In 201, we discovered kids in Moshatagh village lacked child-care and
educational facilities. With your help, we turned the barren first
floor of the stone building into a place of learning and play for the
children of 60 families in Moshatagh and other students from
neighboring Mirik, Bertik and Herik villages.

A Medical Clinic in Aghavnatun
What’s up next? We heard that closest medical center for the 150
residents of Aghavnatun is a 2 hour drive (on possibly the bumpiest
roads your bum has ever experienced–no fun, especially for a sick
person). In Feb., we traveled to Aghavnatun and are excited to launch
our campaign next week to raising $33,098 to provide the community
with a fully stocked clinic.

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14-Year-Old Teen Found Hanged In Khanjian Village Of Armenia

14-YEAR-OLD TEEN FOUND HANGED IN KHANJIAN VILLAGE OF ARMENIA

A teen, 14, was found hanged on February 23 in the village of Khanjian
of Armenia’s Armavir province.

“He spent the day with boys from neighborhood. Around 4:00 pm he was
found hanged in a barn. He was a tenth grader, had no problems with
anyone. He did sports,” the village administrator Samvel Avagyan
told Aysor.am.

He said the teen left no suicide note.

24.02.15, 14:09

http://www.aysor.am/en/news/2015/02/24/14-year-old-teen-found-hanged-in-Khanjian-village-of-Armenia/910635

ANKARA: Most Honorable Outcome Of Honorable Loneliness

MOST HONORABLE OUTCOME OF HONORABLE LONELINESS

Hurriyet Daily News, Turkey
Feb 24 2014

by ERTUÄ~^RUL OZKOK

>From the moment our flag was lowered at the Tomb of Suleyman Shah on
Sunday, the honorable breakdown of our foreign policy, which has been
imposed on us as “honorable loneliness,” is as follows:

â~@¢ Syria: We do not have an ambassador in Syria. The forces of Bashar
al-Assad are about to enter Aleppo, although two years ago we said
he would to “be gone in three months.” The world’s leading countries
have now gone back to the policy of “continuing with Bashar al-Assad.”

â~@¢ Egypt: We do not have an ambassador in Cairo. The leading nations
in the world have recognized Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi. France has decided
to sell 24 Rafalle war planes to Egypt.

â~@¢ Libya: Turkish citizens have been evacuated from Libya, and
Turkey has almost been declared an enemy.

â~@¢ Yemen: Our embassy is closed. When the arms that Turkey secretly
sent there were caught twice, we also lost this country.

â~@¢ Iraq: Do not count on the news stories that our relations with
this country are recovering. Negative reactions against Turkey are
growing in Iraq with each passing day.

â~@¢ Saudi Arabia: Our president’s rush to attend the funeral of the
Saudi king did not in any way help to improve the chill in relations.

A secret war between Saudi Arabia and the Turkish government is
continuing at full speed.

â~@¢ Iran: Iran is currently the rising power in the region. Its
influence over Iraq and Syria has increased to a great extent.

â~@¢ Qatar: Turkey’s only ally in the region, Qatar, has recently
changed its policies, putting a distance between itself and the Hamas
administration in Gaza.

â~@¢ Armenia: When Ahmet Davutoglu was our foreign minister, he
suspended the process of improving relations. Our relations remain
disrupted.

â~@¢ Our Syrian border: Bashar al-Assad’s forces are about to shut
down the road between Aleppo and Turkey. The Turkish border area is in
either the hands of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) administration
of Kobane or al-Nusra, which is pro-Islamic State of Iraq and the
Levant (ISIL) and pro-al-Qaeda.

â~@¢ Moderate opponents: The moderate Syrian opposition that Turkey
was supporting is almost nonexistent now. Everybody in the region is
sure that any weapons given to them will end up in the hands of ISIL
or al-Nusra within three months.

â~@¢ Europe: The picture of the French president taken with two women
from the Kudish PYD fighting in Kobane, which appeared in Hurriyet
last week, sums up the European view of the region: “Against the
beheading, torching alive and throwing-from-buildings brutality of
ISIL, it is the Kurds – especially Kurdish women – who are fighting
heroically. Turkey, by allowing the jihadists to cross the border,
is indirectly supporting ISIL.”

â~@¢ Turkey’s defense minister returned from his recent visit to the
United States without even having been able to meet the U.S. secretary
of defense, let alone Barack Obama or Joe Biden.

â~@¢ And the tragic end: Turkey, the other day, declared the immediate
vicinity of Kobane, where severe fighting was ongoing, a “Prohibited
military zone,” and was forced to hide it from the eyes of the Turkish
public and the world. Two days later, the flag that has been flown at
the Tomb of Suleyman Shah for many years by our ancestors was lowered.

What made us lower our flag was not Bashar al-Assad, who our president
declared his personal enemy, but rather ISIL, which we have positioned
on our border with our own hands.

We saw on Sunday the honorable outcome of our honorable loneliness.

God save us from any other honorable loneliness…

February/24/2015

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/most-honorable-outcome-of-honorable-loneliness-.aspx?pageID=449&nID=78740&NewsCatID=401

EU Does Not Permit Violations Of International Law Against Asgarov A

EU DOES NOT PERMIT VIOLATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW AGAINST ASGAROV AND GULIYEV

Vestnik Kavkaza, Russia
Feb 24 2015

24 February 2015 – 2:16pm

The EU disapproves of any actions and developments that create tensions
and undermine the efforts toward a peaceful and negotiated settlement
of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the spokesperson for the European
commissioner for enlargement and European neighbourhood policy,
Maya Kosyanchich, said.

The EU underscores the obligations under international humanitarian
law, in particular with regard to civilians and treatment of persons
taken into custody during times of conflict.

“The heads of the delegations of the Minsk Group co-chair countries,
in their statement issued on December 4, 2014 at the OSCE Basel
Ministerial Council, called on the sides to settle humanitarian
issues in the spirit of the Astrakhan statement of October 2010 by
the presidents of Armenia, Azerbaijan and the Russian Federation,”
Trend cited her as saying.

http://vestnikkavkaza.net/news/politics/66835.html

Azerbaijan Also Holds Armenian Civilians As Captives – NGO President

AZERBAIJAN ALSO HOLDS ARMENIAN CIVILIANS AS CAPTIVES – NGO PRESIDENT

16:04 * 23.02.15

The president of an Armenian NGO of missing Karabakh war veterans on
Monday shared her expectations of a Government decision to declare
June 29 Day of the Disappeared.

Rima Arakelyan, who is also a member of a commission tasked with
arranging the return of captives, hostages and missing people,
complained particularly about the impossibility of having meetings or
maintaining a direct contact with Azerbaijan over handover procedures.

She said that Azerbaijan holds not only Armenian prisoners of war
but also civilians as captive.

“We are not able to find common language with Azerbaijan. We have
demonstrated good will, yet it isn’t possible to work with them.

That’s their policy and diplomacy that has been continuing ever since
the war period,” Arakelyan noted.

She added that the commission works to the best of its efforts to
manage the return. “We collaborate with the Red Cross, which operates
a similar office also in Azerbaijan and appears to be the only mediator
between us,” she said.

Samara Grigoryan, a parent of a missing Karbakh freedom fighter also
attending the news conference, said they are still hopeful that the
Government will spare no effort to return their sons.

“There are both captive and people who have disappeared or died,
but we hope that at least one of them will return. No mother thinks
that her son has died. We work with consolidated efforts to return
everybody. And our Minister of Defense Seyran Ohanyan is doing
everything possible to bring back at least someone,” she added.

http://www.tert.am/en/news/2015/02/23/rima-arakelyan/1598342

IRWF To Pay Tribute To Armenians Who Reached-Out To The Victims Of H

IRWF TO PAY TRIBUTE TO ARMENIANS WHO REACHED-OUT TO THE VICTIMS OF HOLOCAUST

February 24, 2015 13:58

Eduardo Eurnekian and former Swedish FM Carl Bildt.

Photo:

Yerevan/Mediamax/. The Board of the International Raoul Wallenberg
Foundation (IRWF) has decided to create a Memorial Plaque to pay
tribute to the brave Armenian women and men who reached-out to the
victims of Holocaust.

To date, 24 Armenians have been officially recognized as Righteous
among the Nations, but many more stories are waiting to be revealed.

Researchers from the IRWF are collecting and evaluating information
regarding additional Armenian rescuers, whose feats have not been
hitherto properly documented.

In a special statement, Eduardo Eurnekian, Chairman of the
International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation has elaborated further:

“Despite the small size of the Armenian nation, the share of Armenian
rescuers is remarkable, exemplifying the spirit of solidarity of this
ancient people. The Wallenberg Foundation is proud to have embarked
in a two-pronged quest to unveil unknown cases of rescue protagonized
by Armenians and paying tribute to those who have been recognized and
those who are still awaiting recognition. The decision of the IRWF to
create a specially designed Memorial Plaque is our way to recognize
their courageous deeds and say thanks to these heroes”.

The commemorative plaques will be affixed in major cities of the world.

The Armenian Association of Tel Aviv-Jaffa, which headquarters are
adjacent to the St. Nicholas Monastery will be the first house to
host the commemorative plaque.

http://www.raoulwallenberg.net/
http://www.mediamax.am/en/news/society/13300#sthash.51tURXYq.dpuf

Gevorg Ghazaryan: I Will Do My Best To Play In Germany Or Italy

GEVORG GHAZARYAN: I WILL DO MY BEST TO PLAY IN GERMANY OR ITALY

18:14, 24 Feb 2015
Siranush Ghazanchyan

In an interview with RedCampeon.gr Armenian midfielder Gevorg Ghazaryan
talks about his transfer at Olympiacos, his new club Kerkyra, his
manager Raiola, coach Michel and his football dreams:

How is your new team?Are you satisfied?

Everyone was really welcoming and warm.I feel good. I feel more
confident. I want to help the team to win more games and to achieve
our targets. It’s a pleasure to play with the boys and I think we
are really strong.

Do you feel that Michel was unfair to you? Do you think you deserved
to play more games at Olympiakos?

I was and I am in a good relationship with the coach. May be it
didn’t go as well as either of us would have liked I believe I have
dedicated myself in all of the matches I have played and I feel Like
I have worked on right things .I wanted to play, I had the chance to
make the step up.

Was your dicision to choose Olympiacos a mistake?

No. It wasn’t a mistake. I have experienced myself in a high level
team. I hope I will continue on this path, with strong ambition,
humility and hard work.

Did Raiola made you choose Olympiacos as part of his own deals? I
mean, he forced you in a way because he thought that was the better
for him and you?

No he didn’t. We have had several options and we came to the conclusion
that Olympiacos was the best at that moment.

Do you have any regrets like if you should have put more effort in
training at Pireaus?

No, quite the opposite. The desire to get better all the time, to
want more and be the first person to be critical of myself.”

Do you have any complaints from the Olympiacos board? Mr Marinakis?

No.I’m lucky that I get to play here and that I get to play for
Olympiacos, where I get to play with fantastic players. It’s so
fundamental to be able to play with quality teammates.

Where, which team or country do you see yourslef in 6 months?

I would like to play either in Germany or in Italy. And I will do my
best to achieve this goal.

http://www.armradio.am/en/2015/02/24/gevorg-ghazaryan-i-will-do-my-best-to-play-in-germany-or-italy/