Author: Badalian Vardan

TURQUIE : PEINE SYMBOLIQUE POUR L’ASSASSIN DE SEVAG BALIKCI

Publié le : 02-04-2013

Info Collectif VAN – – Si le tribunal militaire de
Diyarbakir a reconnu Kıvanc Agaoglu coupable du crime d’assassinat
de Sevag Balikci, un Arménien de Turquie, abattu durant son service
militaire obligatoire a l’occasion du 24 avril 2011, jour du 96e
anniversaire du génocide arménien, la Cour a néanmoins estimé que
l’acte n’était pas intentionnel et que le crime avait été commis
par erreur. L’assassin est condamné a purger 4 ans et 5 mois de
prison. La famille de la victime, elle, a pris perpét. Selon Garo
Paylan, de l’Initiative Justice pour Sevag, ce verdict est “un signe
de plus que les Arméniens sont victimes de discrimination dans le
système judiciaire turc”. Le Collectif VAN vous propose la traduction
d’un article en anglais publié sur le site Bianet le 27 mars 2013.

Selon la Cour, Sevag Balikci a été abattu par erreur

Un tribunal militaire de Diyarbakir a reconnu Kıvanc Agaoglu coupable
du crime d’assassinat de Sevag Balikci, un Arménien de Turquie qui
a été abattu durant son service militaire obligatoire a l’occasion
du 24 avril 2011, le jour du 96e anniversaire du génocide arménien.

Ekin KARACA [email protected]

Ä°stanbul – bureau Nouvelles LFI 27 Mars 2013, mercredi

Un tribunal militaire de Diyarbakir a reconnu Kıvanc Agaoglu coupable
du crime d’assassinat de Sevag Balikci, un Arménien de Turquie qui
a été abattu durant son service militaire obligatoire a l’occasion
du 24 avril 2011, le jour du 96e anniversaire du génocide arménien.

Au cours de la 12e audience d’hier [26 mars 2013], le juge a condamné
l’accusé Agaoglu a purger 4 ans et 5 mois de prison.

”Quand nos avocats ont plaidé au procès, ils ont affirmé que le
fait de pointer un fusil G3 chargé sur une personne ne pouvait pas
être le fait d’une erreur”, a déclaré Garo Paylan de l’Initiative
Justice pour Sevag.

”Nous avons également alerté la Cour sur le fait que le meurtre
pourrait être du a un acte raciste car il coïncide avec Pâques et
l’anniversaire du génocide arménien. Nous leur avons rappelé que
ces hypothèses n’ont pas été examinées a fond. En fin de compte, le
tribunal a jugé l’accusé coupable uniquement de crime par erreur.”

Paylan a également affirmé que des témoins oculaires ont changé
leurs témoignages en raison de pressions au cours du procès.

”Les inquiétudes de la famille de Sevag ont doublé
depuis lors. Après l’assassinat de Hrant Dink, nous avons
un nouvel assassinat symbolique contre les Arméniens en
Turquie. Malheureusement, l’Etat turc n’a pas montré la volonté de
découvrir l’assassin de Sevag Balikci. Il est allé de nouveau vers
son côté obscur”, a déclaré Paylan.

”Ceci aggrave nos traumatismes. C’est juste un signe de plus que les
Arméniens sont victimes de discrimination dans le système judiciaire
turc.” (EKN / BM)

Traduction Collectif VAN – 02 avril 2013 – 06:00 –

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Source/Lien : Bianet

UN TRIBUNAL TURC CONSIDÈRE LA MORT D’UN SOLDAT D’ORIGINE ARMENIENNE COMME UN ACCIDENT

Un tribunal turc a decide que la mort par balle d’un soldat turc
d’origine armenienne Sevag Sahin Balikci etait accidentel a rapporte
le journal Zaman.

Le tribunal a condamne l’accuse Kivanc Agaoglu a quatre ans de prison.

La famille de Balikci et ses avocats pretendent que la mort de Balikci
avait des motifs raciaux.

Plus tôt ce mois-ci, un procureur militaire a requis une peine de
deux ans et demi pour Agaoglu. Dans sa decision mardi le juge l’a
condamne a 4 ans et cinq mois de prison. Il sera enferme durant trois
ans etant donne que le juge a decide que le temps d’attente de son
procès serait incluse dans la peine globale.

Sevag Balikci a ete tue le 24 avril, 2011, tandis qu’il etait dans la
province de Batman. Des membres de son unite temoins de la fusillade
ont dit que le tir etait accidentel.

Cependant, les rapports precedents lors du procès indiquaient que la
famille du suspect avait fait pression sur les temoins afin de faire
de faux temoignage pour couvrir toute notion d’un crime raciste.

mardi 2 avril 2013, Stephane ©armenews.com

PEOPLE OF ARMENIA CONTINUE TO LIVE AND STRIVE FOR DIGNIFIED FUTURE – EX-PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE

April 01, 2013 | 16:47

YEGHEGNADZOR. – The people of Armenia continue to live and strive
for a dignified future. Opposition Heritage Party Chairman, former FM
Raffi Hovannisian-who was declared runner-up to the winner, incumbent
President Serzh Sargsyan, as a result of the presidential election
that was conducted on February 18, but who claims to be the real
winner in the vote and who ended a 21-day hunger strike on March 31
at capital city Yerevan’s Liberty Square-stated this Monday during
his assembly with his supporters in Yeghegnadzor city, Armenian
News-NEWS.am reporter informs.

“Today we prepare a new, free Armenia,” he noted.

In the ex-presidential candidate’s words, anyone who does not respect
the dignity of the citizens, will have to answer before the people’s
tribunal.

Hovannisian informed that from Yeghegnadzor he will head to Ararat
Region, where his campaign headquarters had recorded numerous cases
of election fraud on February 18.

News from Armenia – NEWS.am

ALEXANDER TARKHANOV CONSIDERS YURA MOVSISYAN A PROMISING FOOTBALL PLAYER

16:26, 1 April, 2013

YEREVAN, APRIL 1, ARMENPRESS. Famous Russian coach Alexander Tarkhanov
commented on Spartak-Kuban match (2-2) of the 22nd round of Russia’s
Premier league championship and announced that the best is ahead for
the Armenian team and capital’s club forward Yura Movsisyan. As reports
“Armenpress” citing Sovsport.ru, he has mentioned that everyone saw
what a wonderful meeting Movsisyan held in the debut game against
“Terek” Grozny.

“We saw Movsisyan’s brilliant debut in the first game against “Terek”
and the consecutive 2 meetings without hitting a goal do not mean that
the encouragement words addressed to the Armenian forward should be
taken back. Everything is ahead,” the former CSKA Moscow (Central Sport
Club of the Army) and USSR team player said. Yura Movsisyan scored 3
goals in the match against “Terek” during his debut play in “Spartak”.

IRAN FM URGES ARMENIA TO CONDEMN SYRIA CHEMICAL ATTACK

18:07 ~U 01.04.13

Iran’s Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi has urged Armenia to condemn
the latest deadly chemical attack near Syria’s northwestern city of
Aleppo, which left dozens of people dead, Press TV reported.

During a meeting with Armenian FM Eduard Nalbandian on Sunday, Iran’s
Ambassador to Yerevan Mohammad Raeesi conveyed a message from Salehi
to his Armenian counterpart.

In his message, Salehi censured the use of chemical weapons near
Aleppo, situated about 310 kilometers (193 miles) north of the Syrian
capital Damascus, as “inhumane,” and held militants in Syria and
their foreign sponsors accountable for the criminal act.

The Iranian foreign minister noted that Tehran supports a peaceful
solution to the conflict in Syria, stressing that regional stability
and security can be maintained only through a political solution to
the Syrian crisis.

He also called on the Armenian government and humanitarian
organizations to condemn the chemical attack in Syria.

On March 19, at least 25 people were killed and 86 others injured
after militants fired missiles containing poisonous gas into Aleppo’s
Khan al-Assal village. Women and children were among the victims.

Armenian News – Tert.am

RAFFI HOVANNISIAN THANKS FOR SUPPORT DURING 21-DAY HUNGER STRIKE

April 01, 2013 | 18:12

ARARAT. – Opposition leader Raffi Hovannisian thanked all those who
supported him during a 21-day hunger strike.

“Now we are steadfastly moving to April 9,” Hovannisian told his
supporters in the town of Ararat, Armenian News – NEWS.am correspondent
reported.

Nobody has the right to put barriers and intimidate people, he said.

“Armenians have decided that they will come to power on their own. It
is time for the people to be a majority! Hovannisian emphasized.

Former presidential candidate Hovannisian was declared runner-up to
the winner, incumbent President Serzh Sargsyan. He claimed to be the
real winner in the vote and held a 21-day hunger strike at capital
city Yerevan’s Liberty Square.

News from Armenia – NEWS.am

SOURP GIRAGOS IN DIYARBAKIR GETS BELL BACK FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 98 YEARS TO CELEBRATE THE EASTER HOLIDAY

14:15, 1 April, 2013

YEREVAN, APRIL 1, ARMENPRESS: The Armenian community has rung the
bells of Diyarbakır’s Surp Giragos Armenian Church for the first
time in 98 years to celebrate the Easter holiday, reports Armenpress
referring to Dogan news ageny. Though, no masses were held at the
church, the community prayed to celebrate the religious holiday
before distributing colored eggs and pastries. According to Dogan,
the community failed to conduct a mass for Easter, since the Istanbul
Patriarchate previously responded to a request to send priests to
the church by telling the community that it would take a week for
the religious official to arrive in Diyarbakır.

The Armenian Weekly reports that, as it proved difficult for the
Istanbul Patriarchate to send a member of the clergy to Diyarbakir
on Easter Sunday, Kevork Fikri, an intellectual who offers Armenian
language courses in the city, was asked to help with the celebrations.

Many Islamized Armenians and Author Å~^ehmuz Diken were among the
participants in the Easter celebrations. “As a child, I use to come
to this church with my family on religious holidays. We celebrated
with the Armenians, and they celebrated with us. Most of our Armenian
neighbors are not among us now,” said Diken.

Diyarbakır’s Surp Giragos Armenian Church is the largest Armenian
church in the Middle East. It had been out of service for almost
a century now, and was recently restored with a $3.200.000 budget
before it was re-opened.

UN YEREVAN OFFICE IS READY FOR DIALOGUE WITH WWII VETERANS DISPLEASED WITH SOME OF THE FILMS SCREENED DURING CONFLICT AND RECONCILIATION FESTIVAL

ARMINFO
Tuesday, April 2, 17:48

The UN Yerevan Office is ready for dialogue with the WWII veterans
displeased with some of the films screened during the Conflict and
Reconciliation in Central-Eastern European Cinema festival.

A group of Armenian WWII veterans were outraged to see two of the
films (Three Stories from Galicia (the United States) and Rose
(Poland)) blackening the Soviet army and sullying the image of the
Soviet soldier.

Representative of the Office’s Public Information Department Maria
Dotsenko told ArmInfo that the objective of the festival was to
show that even during war ordinary people can do good things and can
sometimes even save the lives of their enemies and this was in line
with the UN’s key values – peace, security, tolerance and respect
for human dignity.

Dotsenko thinks that it is good that the films screened at the festival
have received response from the Armenian society.

She said that history has always been ambiguous and controversial.

“The stories told in the films were really stressful, but war is a
horrible thing, and some facts become known only when it has long been
over. The more people get to know stories of human reconciliation,
kindness, friendship and ability to stay human whatever happens,
the more of them will value peace and security,” Dotsenko said.

Dotsenko admitted that the film “Rose” (Poland) is a very complicated
and painful film. But many facts of history have been unknown before,
she said and added that the war has many dark sides. Therefore, it is
important to know that in such difficult situations many people were
able to remain humane, to save each other and their enemies as well.

As regards the film “Three Stories of Galicia” (USA), which was shot
in Galicia (now these lands are in the territory of both Poland and
Ukraine), it depicts the events that took place in Eastern Europe
during and after the Second World War. The UN representative stressed
that one can see the story of reconciliation between two states as
exemplified by the relations between the Ukrainian and Polish people.

She said that this is a good example of how nations and political
leaders of these two countries live in peace. She added that one should
face the present and the future, co-exist peacefully, live and build
a better future for the growing generation. The choice of this film
was guided by these reasons.

Dotsenko stressed that she is ready for an open dialogue with the
veterans of the Great Patriotic War. Moreover, if they want to speak
to specific embassies that presented the films, she can provide
their contacts.

The international Film Festival “Conflict and Reconciliation in the
Central- Eastern European Cinema” started in Yerevan on Feb 13 and will
last till April 10. It is being held with the support of the UN Office
in Armenia, as well as the Embassies of Bulgaria, Czech Republic,
Germany, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Ukraine. Earlier Armenian
Minister of Culture Hasmik Poghosyan told ArmInfo’s correspondent
that the Culture Ministry had not even been informed that a festival
would be held and what films would be shown at the festival. Poghosyan
added that as a citizen of Armenia, the country that lost 300,000
sons at the Great Patriotic War, she highly venerates the memory
of the deceased heroes and understands the veterans’ indignation at
some films’ different view of the years when the nations of a single
country were saving the world from the hawkish national-socialism –
elementary fascism that took dozens of millions of lives.

By resolution 59/26 of 22 November 2004, the UN General Assembly
declared 8-9 May as a time of remembrance and reconciliation and, while
recognizing that Member States may have individual days of victory,
liberation and commemoration, invited all Member States, organizations
of the United Nations System, non-governmental organizations and
individuals to observe annually either one or both of these days in
an appropriate manner to pay tribute to all victims of the Second
World War.

ARFD: HRACH MURADYAN’S MURDER PREMEDITATED

ARFD Supreme Body issued a statement in relation to the death of
Proshyan village head Hrach Muradyan reported today morning stating
that the incident is a premeditated and planned murder which is a
result of the atmosphere of impunity and intolerance in the country.

Hrach Muradyan was a devoted ARFD member, a participant of the Artsakh
war who was awarded many times for his contribution to the defense
of the homeland.

According to the ARFD statement, Muradyan was loved and respected
by the village residents which caused the dissatisfaction of certain
people. According to the statement, Hrach Muradyan was killed after
many threats and terrorism.

Condemning the crime, ARFD demands a quick revelation, and punishment
of the organizers and the committers.

16:42 02/04/2013 Story from Lragir.am News:

FROM KARABAKH TO BOSNIA: MOTHERS UNITED IN GRIEF OVER LOSS OF CHILDREN IN WARS AND CONFLICTS

FEATURES | 02.04.13 | 15:01

Photo: Gohar Abrahamyan/ArmeniaNow.com

By Gohar Abrahamyan
>From Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina

Editor’s Note: The Caucasus and the Balkans may be separated by more
than a thousand miles and may be having different views of modern-day
world affairs, but there is still one thing in common between the
two mountainous regions that makes them strive to know each other.

The collapse of the Soviet Union and the Eastern communist bloc in
general triggered conflicts and wars in areas where problems between
different ethnic groups remained for decades. The Armenian-Azerbaijan
war over Karabakh as well as the Bosnian war between Serbs and
Croats in the multiethnic area began and ended almost simultaneously,
claiming tens of thousands of lives – both soldiers and civilians.

Almost two decades after the end of the war in Karabakh, a trip has
been organized for a group of women from Armenia and Azerbaijan to
Bosnia & Herzegovina to share their grief with local woman who had
lost their loved ones in the bloody conflict.

ArmeniaNow correspondent Gohar Abrahamyan has been in Sarajevo during
the past week to attend the events organized as part of the visit. She
singles out one particular trip to a monument to children killed
during the Balkan war that was erected in the Bosnian capital. It
was organized for Armenian and Azeri participants as part of a joint
project by the Center of Humanitarian Studies in Azerbaijan and the
Civil Society Institute in Armenia.

A glass monument located in the heart of the capital of Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Sarajevo, has for several years been a place where
representatives of different social and religious groups of the
country’s population have been gathering.

This small state with a population of some 3.8 million that was part
of the former Yugoslavia and had its current borders shaped at the
cost of tens of thousands of lives, has not yet fully overcome the
heavy legacy of the 1992-1995 war.

Traces of bullets are still seen on buildings almost everywhere in
this Balkan country recovering from a major ethnic conflict. While
modern tall buildings are being erected alongside shabby houses in
Sarajevo and while the city’s business center with its posh hotels,
beautiful shops and restaurants is as busy as anywhere in major
European cities, there are still people who bear noticeable sorrow
as they struggle yet with the loss of their families and loved ones
in the war. Many of them say they are still waiting for justice to
be administered on war criminals.

Zlatka Inanovic, a 47-year-old resident of Sarajevo, has lived with
this expectation for 20 years now.

She tells of how her five-year-old son and mother-in-law were killed
before her very eyes after someone threw a hand-grenade into their
house in 1993.

The woman still keeps an album with her little son’s photographs, and
her two daughters born after the war continue to keep memory of him,
bringing fresh flowers to the monument to killed children situated
not far from their house.

The glass monument built in one of the central parks of Sarajevo
in 2009 commemorates more than 1,600 children who were killed or
are presumed dead during the years of the conflict. It has become
a sight for many mothers who lost their children in the war to come
and commemorate them.

All around the monument are footprints of brothers and sisters of the
killed children, and not far from it are seven pillars, on which the
names of 540 are engraved.

These columns make a subtle sound of clanking when rotated. Creators
of the monument say they had designed it so that people could associate
this sound with children’s souls.

Last weekend a group of women from Armenia whose children were killed
by Azeri snipers or saboteurs after 2000 also came to see the monument
in Sarajevo. Along with them were also a group of Azeri women whose
husbands and relatives were killed in the Karabakh war in the early
1990s.

Aghavni Ghukasyan, 56, says she lost her 20-year-old son Narek
Margaryan, a conscript in the army, in 2010, as an Azeri sniper hit
him near the frontline. She says that nothing could ease her pain
of losing a son, but seeing other mothers who suffered the same fate
she understood that she wasn’t all alone.

“I would like to be in your land, to see the beauty of it, its numerous
monuments, but I’m sorry that I have come here to share your pain,”
said Ghukasyan addressing Bosnian women at an event. “No mother in
the world wants a war, all mothers want their children to be raised
in peaceful conditions, but, unfortunately, our children did not have
such an opportunity. We need to do one thing now – to oppose wars.”

Azerbaijani journalist Piruza Sadulaeva, who also lost family members
during the war, stressed her belief that all women have the same
feelings when it comes to war, as they all love their children the
same way. It is mostly men who die during wars and conflicts, but
women bear most of the suffering, she argued.

“I don’t know who invented the first weapon, but I know that its very
first bullet must have hit a mother’s heart,” said the Azeri woman.

Like her counterparts in Armenia and Azerbaijan, Bosnian Inanovic,
too, hopes that the war will not resume in her country and that other
women will not have go through the same horrors as she. The woman,
who says she has many friends among both Serbs and Croats, doubts
she will ever be able to forget what happened to her, but she says
perhaps she will be able to forgive.

“I hope that this conflict will never happen again, and other people
will not have to live through this pain, but I want to see the one
who killed my child, look into the eyes of this criminal and see his
child,” Inanovic said.