Author: Kalantarian Kevo

DYNAMITAGE DU MEMORIAL DE DEIR-ES-ZOR : LE STADE SUPREME DU GENOCIDE

MANIFFESTATION DU CCAF LE 7 OCTOBRE DEVANT L’ASSEMBLEE NATIONALE

Avec le dynamitage du memorial armenien de Der-es-Zor le 18 septembre,
seul et unique lieu de memoire erige sur les terres où a ete perpetre
le genocide des Armeniens, les forces djihadistes qui opèrent en
Syrie ont franchi l’ultime palier de la folie criminelle. Après
l’entreprise d’extermination du peuple armenien, après les tentatives
de destruction de sa memoire, les assassins s’en prennent maintenant
aux dernières reliques des victimes qui avaient ete rassemblees
dans cet ossuaire. Après avoir aneanti les vivants en 1915, effacer
leur trace et nier l’histoire pendant presque 100 ans, la logique
criminelle se nourrit aujourd’hui de leurs cadavres, passant ainsi
du genocide au negationnisme, du negationnisme aux profanations,
des profanations a la necrophagie.

L’attaque lancee par les djihadistes contre le bourg armenien de Kessab
en Syrie le 21 mars dernier avait mis en evidence le soutien que leur
avaient apporte les autorites turques. Il parait clair aujourd’hui,
compte tenu de l’hysterie raciste consubstantiel aux dirigeants turcs,
que si dans le crime commis a Der-Es-Zor la main est djihadiste,
le cerveau se trouve lui a Ankara.

Il faut en finir avec cette vertigineuse spirale criminelle et
l’hypocrisie internationale qui l’accompagne. On ne peut lutter
contre les djihadistes en Irak et se taire sur leurs crimes en Syrie,
tout en fermant les yeux sur les complicites dont ils beneficient,
en particulier de la part du gouvernement turc.

Il faut mettre un terme a cette barbarie et a cette duplicite.

Le CCAF appelle a une grande manifestation le 7 octobre a 19h devant
l’Assemblee nationale pour exprimer son indignation et en appeler a
un reveil de la conscience contre ces horreurs.

Il appelle les elus du peuple francais, le gouvernement ainsi que
toutes les forces luttant contre la barbarie djihadiste et les
puissances qui la soutiennent, a se joindre a son appel.

Bureau national du CCAF

jeudi 25 septembre 2014, Ara (c)armenews.com

EXCLUSIVE: EU CONDOLES WITH KAREN PETROSYAN’S FAMILY, CALLS FOR TRANSPARENT INVESTIGATION

11:09 26/09/2014 ” POLITICS

“The EU deeply regrets the continued tragic loss of life in the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, which ever more emphasizes the urgency
of finding an early and just solution to the conflict. We offer our
sincere condolences to the family of Karen Petrosyan and to other
Armenian as well as Azerbaijani victims,” Peter Stano, spokesman
of European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood
Policy Å tefan Fule, told Panorama.am.

“The EU underscores the obligations of both sides under international
humanitarian law, in particular with regard to civilians and treatment
of persons taken into custody during times of conflict, and calls
for the full and transparent investigation of such incidents. We
appeal to Azerbaijan and to Armenia to provide unimpeded access to the
International Committee of the Red Cross and offer every assistance in
resolving quickly and in accordance with the international humanitarian
law the cases of persons perished or held in custody as a result of
the conflict,” said Peter Stano.

VARIOUS ARTISTS: REAL WORLD 25 REVIEW – A FITTING TRIBUTE TO A GAME-CHANGING LABEL

(Real World Records)

Robin Denselow
The Guardian, Thursday 25 September 2014 22.20 BST

Intriguingly eclectic … Pakistani singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan swaps
notes with Canadian musician Michael Brook

Happy birthday to Real World, launched 25 years ago by Peter Gabriel,
and one of the most adventurous of the great British record labels.

The initial aim was to provide an outlet – and state-of-the-art
studios – for musicians playing at Womad, but Real World releases
have been intriguingly eclectic. This three-album compilation
starts with Mustt Mustt, that glorious vocal work-out by the great
Pakistani singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. Then comes a song of escape
from Somalia, a London-Asian dance fusion, American blues and gospel,
and an instrumental opening to Peter Gabriel’s Passion, dominated by
the haunting Armenian doudouk. This was the label’s first release,
in 1989, and more than 200 albums have followed. The 48 chosen tracks
here include music from Cuba, China and Mexico, Anglo-African fusion
from JuJu and Dub Colossus, and experimental British folk from the
late Martyn Bennett and Imagined Village. Real World changed the
musical landscape – and this album shows exactly how and why.

TURKEY’S ERDOGAN HIGHLIGHTS NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT AT UN GA SESSION

AzerNews, Azerbaijan
Sept 25 2014

25 September 2014, 15:19 (GMT+05:00)
By Sara Rajabova

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan drew attention to the
Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict at a UN General Assembly
session.

Addressing the 69th session of the UN General Assembly held in New
York on September 24, Erdogan said Turkey has always advocated for
the liberation of occupied Azerbaijani lands.

Armenia occupied over 20 percent of Azerbaijan’s internationally
recognized territory, including Nagorno-Karabakh and seven adjacent
regions, after laying territorial claims against its South Caucasus
neighbor that caused a brutal war in the early 1990s. Long-standing
efforts by U.S, Russian and French mediators have been largely
fruitless so far.

The UN Security Council has passed four resolutions on Armenian
withdrawal from the Azerbaijani territory, but they have not been
enforced to this day.

Erdogan noted that Turkey supports the territorial integrity of
Azerbaijan, as well as the countries in all regions of the crisis,
including Ukraine.

He also added that people who have lost hope for justice of
international organizations, including the UN, seeking it in the
ranks of terrorists.

“ISN’T THERE ANYBODY TO COME DOWN?”: THE SITUATION IS TENSE IN FRONT OF THE GOVERNMENT

11:43 | September 25,2014 | Economy

Hundreds of small business entrepreneurs complaining against the
turnover tax gathered in front of the Government building. They are
demanding Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan by crying “shame, shame”
and “Hovik, come down”. One of the citizens threatened, “Isn’t there
anybody to come down, if you don’t come down, we will enter.”

A citizen, who introduced himself as Small entrepreneurs’ union head,
called the people to stop the action and to hold rally on September 30
on the Freedom Square. The people didn’t agree and asked him to leave.

We remind that they are complaining against tax reforms according to
which the “Turnover tax” law will require

documents for every product since October 1.

US AIMS AT A COMBINED BLOW AGAINST RUSSIA AND IRAN – EXPERT

YEREVAN, September 25. /ARKA/. The main aim of the American
organizations in the South Caucasus is to cause harm not only to
Russia, but also to Iran and to strike a combined blow against both
countries at the same time, political analyst Sergey Shakaryants said
at Moscow-Tbilisi-Yerevan “Expert Environment” video discussion in
Novosti International Press Center on Wednesday.

“All the so-called “grasps” of the South Caucasus from the south,
from the Near East and from the north – from the Black Sea region,
serves this purpose. In that case both Russia and Iran will find
themselves involved in allegedly regional confrontations, fragmenting
their strength and funds for ‘fire-fighting’ somewhere nearby”,
Shakaryants said as cited by Novosti-Armenia.

According to the expert, the situation in Ukraine and American blows in
Syria aim at undermining Russia-Iran agreements on gas transportation
to the west.

The NATO -member Turkey has been intensifying its activities in the
South Caucasus, Shakaryants said pointing to frequent visits of Turkish
army officials to Georgia and Azerbaijan and the most recent meeting
of defense ministers of Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey in Nakhichevan.

According to the expert, the sole aim of these intensified efforts is
to strike a combined blow against Russia and Iran, the two countries
that did their best to de-escalate conflicts and civil wars in a
number of regions, which conflicts with the US policies. -0–

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PRESS RELEASE
Armenian Heritage Foundation
25 Flanders Road
Belmont, MA 02478
Email: [email protected]
Web:

Date & Time
Thursday, October 23, 2014 at 7:30pm
Doors open at 7pm
Place
Faneuil Hall
Boston, Massachusetts
Mayor’s Remarks
Martin J. Walsh
Mayor, City of Boston
Introduction
Courtney Radsch, PhD
Advocacy Director, Committee to Protect Journalists
Speakers
Ray Suarez
Host of Inside Story on Al Jazeera America and
America Abroad on Public Radio on International
Stephen Kurkjian
Founding member and former chief of The Boston
Globe Investigative Spotlight Team and former editor
of its Washington Bureau
Thomas Mucha
Editor, GlobalPost
Free and open to the public
Reception follows at the Millennium Bostonian Hotel with the speakers and leadership
from:
Boston University College of Communication
Thomas Fiedler, Dean of the College of Communications and Professor of the Practice
in Journalism
Emerson College
Jerry Lanson, Associate Chair of Journalism and Associate
Professor
New England Center for Investigative Journalism
Jenifer McKim, Assistant Managing Editor/Senior Investigative
Reporter; Clara Germani, Investigations Editor and
Beth Daley, Investigative Reporter/Director of Partnerships
Northeastern University School of Journalism
Dan Kennedy. Acting Director and Associate Professor
WGBH
Phillip Martin. Senior Investigative Reporter

NAJARIAN LECTURE ON HUMAN RIGHTS AT FANEUIL HALL
An endowed public program of Armenian Heritage Park on the Greenway, Boston

Honorary Chairs
Governor Deval L Patrick
Mayor Martin J. Walsh
Armenian Heritage Foundation
Sheriff Peter J. Koutoujian
Secretary Rachel Kaprielian
Honorary Chairs
James M. Kalustian
President
In Partnership with the
Boston Women’s Heritage Trail
Maria D’Itria
Chair, Board of Directors
The Bostonian Society
Joshua Young
Chair, Board of Directors
Brian W.J. LeMay
Executive Director
Millennium Bostonian Hotel
Robert Rivers
General Manager
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy
Georgia Murray
Chair, Board of Directors
Jesse Brackenbury
Executive Director
Co-Chairs
Charlie Clements
Executive Director
Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
Michael A. Grodin, MD
Director
Global Lawyers and Physicians:
Working Together for Human Rights, Boston University
David Hollenbach, SJ
Director
Center for Human Rights and
International Justice, Boston College
Shant Mardirossian
Chair, Board of Directors
Near East Foundation
Kevin Murray
Executive Director
The Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy,
Northeastern University School of Law
Deborah W. Nutter, PhD
Senior Associate Dean
Fletcher School of Law and
Diplomacy, Tufts University
BalakrishnanRajagopal, PhD
Founding Director
Program on Human Rights and Justice, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Joshua Rubenstein
Activist and scholar
FORMER SPEAKERS
2013 Siddharth Kara
Cherie Jimenez
Liam Lowney
Sheriff Peter Koutoujian
2012 Ambassador Edward Djrejeian
2011 Paul Rusesabagina 2010 Kerry Kennedy
LECTURE COMMITTEE
Carolann Najarian, MD
George Najarian
Joyce Barsam, PhD
Phyllis Dohanian
Linda Kaboolian, PhD
Audrey Kalajian
Barbara Tellalian
in collaboration with
Stephen Kurkjian
Friends of Armenian Heritage Park on the Greenway
Karen Dederyan, Treasurer
Lucy Hoosian, Liason
Further information, please email
[email protected]

TRUTH TO ACTION: MEDIA FREEDOM
Protecting Human Rights Globally

Everyone has the right to seek, receive and impart ideas without fear
and interference. Yet throughout the world, journalists, bloggers and
others face the harassment and imprisonment for exercising their
rights to free speech…Freedom of expression is essential to the
attainment of all other rights…and is closely linked to the right to
hold opinions and the right to freedom of thought, conscience and
religion…
– Amnesty International

_________________________________________________

About the Najarian Endowed Lecture on Human Rights at Faneuil Hall The
purpose of the lecture series, endowed by K. George and Carolann
S. Najarian, MD, is to advance understanding of human rights issues
and societal abuses worldwide, and to increase awareness of the work
of individuals and organizations so that we are all more actively
engaged.

This endowed lecture at Faneuil Hall has been inspired by the New
England women and men – intellectuals, politicians, diplomats,
religious leaders and citizens – who from 1895-1918 at Faneuil Hall
heard the eyewitness accounts of the atrocities taking place against
the Armenian minority of the Ottoman Empire and spoke passionately
about the urgent need for intervention. Relief workers, missionaries
and diplomats including the U.S. Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire
Henry Morgenthau provided accounts.

Many who heard these accounts were moved to action. Distinguished
Bostonians, among them Julia Ward Howe, Clara Barton, Charlotte
Perkins Gilman and Alice Stone Blackwell, heard these accounts and
were moved to assist the Armenians. As a result, the American Red
Cross launched its first international mission with Clara Barton
bringing aid to the Armenians. Philanthropists nationwide raised over
$100 million in support. This was America’s first internationally
focused human rights movement.

A Century Later Just as these brave and noble witnesses gave voice to
those in crisis and mobilized the gathering of Bostonians at Faneuil
Hall, which was to spark a nationwide response, it is our hope that
this lecture will serve to refocus our attention, not only on past
events, but upon the critical human rights issues of today, inspiring
us to meaningful action.

This endowed lecture on human rights is in my father’s honor as he
taught so many about the need to pay attention, spot injustice and
speak out wherever and whenever it occurs. Carolann S. Najarian, MD
The Najarian Lecture on Human Rights at Faneuil Hall is an endowed
public program of Armenian Heritage Park on the Greenway, the key
initiative of the Armenian Heritage Foundation, comprised of
representatives of 42 Armenian-American parishes and organizations
within Massachusetts.

Armenian Heritage Park on the Greenway and its endowed public programs
are a gift to the City of Boston and the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts.

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FM NALBANDIAN MEETS MAMMADYAROV IN NEW YORK

11:01 * 24.09.14

On the sidelines of the UN General Assembly’s 69th Session in New York,
Armenia’s foreign minister has met with his Azerbaijani counterpart
and the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group.

After extended talks with Ambassadors James Warlick of the United
States, Pierre Andrieu of France and Igor Popov of Russia, and the
personal representative of the OSCE chairperson-in-office, Ambassador
Andrzej Kasprzyk, FMs Edward Nalbandian and Elmar Mammadyarov had a
meeting in a tete-a-tete format.

The peace process over Nagorno-Karabakh dominated the negotiation
agenda, reports Foreign Ministry’s press service.

The Minsk Group mediators reiterated their resolute stance on resolving
the land dispute through absolutely peaceful efforts.

French President Francois Hollande’s initiative to conduct talks
between the Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders in Paris was also
discussed at the meeting.

The co-chairs later unveiled their plan for visiting the South Caucasus
region in late October.

Armenian News – Tert.am

MADE IN ARMENIA. ALMOST LIKE IN A JOKE…

Vestnik Kavkaza, Russia
Sept 23 2014

23 September 2014 – 11:43am

By Peter Lyukimson, Israel, exclusively for Vestnik Kavkaza

Two Iranians wishing to travel from Kenya to Israel using forged
Israeli passports made in Yerevan would have been arrested even if
they had attempted to do so.

The problem is that Armenian forgers used Latin characters for the
English data about the passport owner, causing no suspicion among
the border guards who would do the checking. But the part with data
in Hebrew contained the Armenian alphabet, making it pretty obvious
that the documents were fakes.

So it is hardly likely that the forgers of the fake Israeli passports
in Yerevan were in contact with the Iranian intelligence services,
as it is hard to believe that professional agents of any country
would make forgeries of such low quality.

UNHCR TO DECIDE FATE OF IRANIANS WITH FAKE PASSPORTS

Capital FM Kenya
Sept 23 2014

By OLIVE BURROWS | September 23, 2014

NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 23 – The United Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees (UNHCR) is to determine the fate of two Iranians arrested at
the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) last week with forged
Israeli passports.

Hesamoddin Hatami Malmiri and Zahra Kolobian, plead guilty on Tuesday
to the two counts of knowingly possessing and using forged passports
and of being in Kenya illegally.

They however pleaded with Resident Magistrate Kaguru not to send them
back to Iran arguing that they had been on their way to seek asylum
in Brussels when they were apprehended.

Kaguru therefore charged the UNHCR to investigate the circumstances
under which Malmiri and Kolobian left Iran with a court date set for
October 1.

The anti-terrorism police on Monday told AFP that the suspects would
be treated as illegal immigrants and not terror suspects.

The Iranians having been arrested last week Tuesday, “while departing
Kenya to Brussels aboard Brussels Airlines flight SN 463,” their
charge sheet reads.

“We understand they arrived here from Armenia and wanted to use
the forged Israeli passports to go to Belgium. They wanted to go to
Europe. We believe they are a couple, a man and wife,” John Mulaulu,
acting head of the anti-terrorism police unit, told AFP.

In August three Iranian nationals were arrested at Nairobi’s JKIA
airport while transiting to London on fake Greek passports and were
jailed for one year.

And last year a Kenyan court sentenced two Iranians to life in prison
for terror-related charges, including possessing explosives allegedly
to be used in bomb attacks.