Dear deceased, please don’t participate in elections

Hraparak: Dear deceased, please don’t participate in elections

Saturday,
April 28 Politics

According to Hraparak, Meruzhan Abrahamyan, HAK candidate for
parliament in constituency No. 20, Armavir, said that voter lists are
exaggerated in their constituency.

`In 1990 Metsamor had a population of around 12,000. However, the
population has been gradually decreasing since and currently the
maximum number of people must be 9,000, while voter lists show the
number of voters reaches 9,000. Why don’t they remove the names of the
deceased from the voter lists?’ the candidate said.

Meruzhan Hakobyan told the paper that he visited a cemetery with his
friends a few days ago, where they announced through a megaphone:
`Dear deceased, please, don’t participate in elections.’

TODAY, 14:00
Aysor.am

Azerbaijani side violated the ceasefire about 500 in the past week

The Azerbaijani side violated the ceasefire about 500 in the past week

armradio.am
28.04.2012 14:39

According to the data of the NKR Defense Army, the Azerbaijani side
violated the ceasefire about 500 times at the line of contact between
the armed forces of Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan in the past week.

The rival fired more than 2 600 shots from weapons of different
caliber in the direction of the Armenian positions.

More intensive firing was registered on April 23 and 24. The ceasefire
was violated 220 times, more than 1 300 shots were fired.

Divisions of the NKR Defense Army refrained from responding to the
provocative actions of the rival and confidently fulfilled their
military duty all along the line of contact.

Three servicemen did not have weapon for self-defense

Three servicemen did not have weapon for self-defense: no comment from
Defense Ministry

tert.am
12:32 – 28.04.12

Armenia’s Defense Ministry’s Investigation Department and the Ministry
do not comment on the information that the three Armenian servicemen
killed from gunshots in a territory between Aygepar and Movses
villages did not have opportunity for self-defense because of not
having weapons with them.

Both senior officer of Investigation Department’s public relations
agency Mary Sargsyan, and acting spokesman for the defense minister
Mushegh Aghekyan told Tert.am that investigation is under way, the
comments will be given after it.

A criminal case under Article 104 (murder) of the Criminal Code has
been opened.

Voters throw soil at Armenian President – paper

Voters throw soil at Armenian President – paper

April 28, 2012 – 10:48 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – Armenian President, leader of the ruling Republican
Party of Armenia (RPA) Serzh Sargsyan visited the town of Spitak on
April 27 for RPA election campaign.

According to Zhoghovurd paper, an unexpected incident took place
during the top visit.

Local residents threw soil towards Serzh Sargsyan yelling that have
housing problems which are never settled.

The President took the floor with a wry face pretending not to see
what happened around him.

Such attitude of the top official added fuel to the public
indignation; people started to shout loudly, paper reported.

Finally, Sargsyan had to face the people after his speech; Spitak
residents told the President they cannot get apartments for many years
already, following the devastating earthquake in Spitak in 1988 which
left them homeless.

Sargsyan blamed them saying people do not bother to address the
government for their issues, and if they lack time to file an
application, the state has little to do here, Zhoghovurd reports.

If The PAP Really Tries To Correct Its Mistake

If The PAP Really Tries To Correct Its Mistake

Story from Lragir.am News:

Published: 13:55:38 – 28/04/2012

We asked the Vice-chairman of Heritage Ruben Hakobyan to comment on
the initiative to apply to the Constitutional Court.

Mr. Hakobyan, what is the Heritage position on the initiative to apply
to the Constitutional Court?

The truth is this: when Heritage and ARFD made the same proposal, it
was rejected also with the help of the Prosperous Armenia party, they
voted against it. Now, the PAP has 29 parliamentary members, and if
the PAP really wants to correct its mistake, it needs to apply to the
Constitutional Court with the help of its 27 MPs without losing time.
Let the party show that it is courageous enough to adopt oppositional
attitude and confront with its coalition partner. Applying to the CC
several days before the elections pursues completely different goals.

What do you mean?

PAP is trying to use the joint election headquarters and present
itself as an oppositional party. After all, this headquarters has not
done anything serious so far, besides the fact that it protects the
illegal activities of the PAP. This party, along with the RPA, is
currently engaged in distributing AMD 10 thousands buying votes.

Besides, the Election Code is breached at every step. The Election
Code says that those charity organizations the names of which can be
assimilated /associated/ with the names of the candidates and parties
can’t be used during the election campaign. Seeing all this
illegality, the ANC is doing everything to protect the illegal PAP
activities. I’m afraid but the ARFD, directly or indirectly, is
involved in this game. I don’t think the ANC-PAP political marriage
will last long, but it can disorientate the oppositional voters.

http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/country25981.html

Conféfence sur le 500e anniversaire de l’Imprimerie arménienne

VALENCE-CULTURE
Conféfence sur le 500e anniversaire de l’Imprimerie arménienne à Valence ce soir
organiée par Arménia en présence de Valentina Calzolari

A l’occasion du 500e anniversaire de l’Imprimerie arménienne (premier
livre imprimé arménien à Venise en 1512) et Erévan déclarée par
l’UNESCO « capitale mondiale du livre-2012 », « Arménia » organise ce
samedi 28 avril à 20h30 la salle Communautaire de l’église Saint-Sahag
une soirée de conférence-dédicaces en invitant une spécialiste de la
question, Valentina Calzolari Bouvier professeur à l’université de
Genève.

Grande spécialiste de l’Arménie Valentina Calzolari évoquera
l’écriture arménienne, et les premiers pas de l’imprimerie arménienne.
Elle évoquera également la situation du livre en Arménie, à l’heure où
Erévan sera désignée pour un an capitale mondiale du livre. Lors de la
soirée sera présentée le superbe livre-album « Arménie-Hayastan »
édité à l’occasion du 500e anniversaire de l’Imprimerie arménienne et
qui fut récemment présenté au Salon du Livre à Genève, l’Arménie étant
l’invitée d’honneur.

Contact : « Arménia » 04 75 83 80 58

samedi 28 avril 2012,
Krikor Amirzayan ©armenews.com

Vive La France ! – Le Clip

ARMÉNIE
VIVE LA FRANCE ! – LE CLIP

A l’occasion de l’adoption de la loi anti-négationniste par le Sénat
et l’investissement sans précédent du président de la République
française, Nicolas Sarkozy, dans ce combat de justice, des artistes
arméniens ce sont réunis pour rendre hommage à la France.

`Vive la France !` a été mise en ligne le 23 avril 2012, veille des
commémorations à la mémoire des martyrs du génocide des arméniens
exterminés en 1915.

On ne peut rester insensible à cet hommage arménien.

La musique est composée par Armen Martirosyan, les paroles sont de
l’évêque Bagrat Galstian, la chanson est interprétée par les pop stars
arméniennes, Inga et Anush Arshakyans, Nune Yesayan, Avo Khalatyan,
Forsh, Hasmik Karapetyan, André, Zaruhi Babayan, Alla Levonian, Arthur
Ispiryan, Arthur (Mister X), Cycl Dovlatyan, Emmy et Emma Asatryan.

Réalisation : Hrant Yeritskinyan.

samedi 28 avril 2012,
Jean Eckian ©armenews.com

http://www.armenews.com/article.php3?id_article=79079

Conmemoran en Turquía la matanza de armenios de 1915

Diario Digital Juárez, Mexico
25 abril 2012

Conmemoran en Turquía la matanza de armenios de 1915

Estambul – Varios centenares de personas han conmemorado hoy en una
plaza pública de Estambul la matanza de armenios de 1915, bajo fuertes
medidas de seguridad.

El gobierno turco sigue negando que las masacres de armenios cometidos
por las tropas del Imperio Otomano en 1915 puedan constituir
genocidio, pero un creciente sector de la sociedad civil turca pide
revisar la versión oficial.

Por tercer año consecutivo, centenares de personas se reunieron en la
plaza céntrica de Taksim en Estambul para conmemorar el Día del
Genocidio Armenio, celebrado también en otras partes del mundo.

La sentada tuvo lugar entre fuertes medidas de seguridad, dado que un
pequeño grupo de miembros del ultranacionalista Partido de Liberación
Popular (HKP) realizó una contramanifestación a pocos metros,
denunciando el acto como un intento de dividir Turquía.

Un centenar de policías antidisturbios y una cadena humana de civiles
separaban los dos grupos y el acto transcurrió sin incidentes.

El eslogan “Este dolor es de todos nosotros” en turco, armenio, kurdo
e inglés acompañaba la imagen de una granada hendida, símbolo de la
división causada en la sociedad de Anatolia por el genocidio.

“Algunas heridas no se curan con el tiempo”, afirmaba la pancarta.

Cuarenta artistas, escritores e intelectuales turco-armenios habían
sido invitados al evento, dando así públicamente la cara a favor de
una revisión de la historia oficial, y la palabra “genocidio” fue
utilizada en la conmemoración, rompiendo así un tabú que aún domina el
discurso público.

Entre los firmantes se halla Arat Dink, hijo del periodista
turco-armenio Hrant Dink que fue asesinado en 2007 y se ha convertido
en símbolo de los esfuerzos por reconciliar a turcos y armenios.

La mayor parte del acto transcurrió en silencio, sólo acompañado por
música armenia, y en sus breves alocuciones, los portavoces recordaron
el dolor causado por las muertes y pidieron “unidad” entre los
diferentes sectores de la sociedad turca, para afrontar conjuntamente
este capítulo oscuro de la historia común.

La mayoría de los historiadores da por probado que el traslado de más
de un millón de armenios de sus hogares en Anatolia a los desiertos de
Siria, donde la mayoría murió de inanición, fue un genocidio.

La versión oficial turca, en cambio, sostiene que las muertes de
armenios ocurridos en la última década del Imperio Otomano tuvieron
lugar en un clima de enfrentamiento entre el ejército otomano y
milicias armenias aliadas con Rusia, pero que no constituyeron un plan
de exterminio.

En enero pasado, el primer ministro turco, Recep Tayyip Erdogan,
amenazó a Francia con duras sanciones si este país llegase a aprobar
una ley que penaliza negar que la masacre armenia constituya
genocidio.

Pero para numerosos defensores de los derechos humanos turcos, no sólo
los que tengan relación con la comunidad armenia, la reconciliación
impulsada por Hrant Dink es una de las causas más importantes para
dejar atrás el nacionalismo que impregna la sociedad y complica
también la solución de otros conflictos, como el kurdo.

http://www.diario.com.mx/notas.php?f12/04/24&id=36ed5534eebce6e4b7d5dd3e0f64f37f

Giornata della memoria del genocidio armeno: guardate cosa avete dim

Newnotizie. Italia
25 aprile 2012

Giornata della memoria del genocidio armeno: guardate cosa avete dimenticato

[Day of Remembrance of the Armenian Genocide: See what you have forgotten]

Genocidio armeno: ricorre oggi, 24 aprile, la giornata della memoria
del genocidio armeno e, puntualmente, i mass media sono i primi a non
curarsene e una risposta per questa dimenticanza reiterata nei decenni
non arriva mai. Molto strano se si considera che, solitamente, le
tragedie collettive sono sempre un’ottima occasione per il proliferare
di servizi mesti al tg con musichette di dubbio gusto di sottofondo. A
questi morti, invece, il mondo non riconosce nemmeno la verità
conclamata e documentata. Il genocidio armeno, per mano del popolo
turco, è avvenuto in due tempi differenti, la prima ondata di massacri
a fine Ottocento, mentre la seconda “tranche” a ridosso del primo
Conflitto Mondiale.

La marcia della morte: In un solo mese, più di mille intellettuali
armeni, tra cui giornalisti, scrittori, poeti e perfino delegati al
Parlamento furono deportati verso l’interno dell’Anatolia e massacrati
lungo la strada. Arresti, torture, stupri e deportazioni furono
compiute in massima parte dai «Giovani Turchi». Nelle marce della
morte, che coinvolsero 1.200.000 persone, centinaia di migliaia
morirono per fame, malattia o sfinimento. Queste marce della morte
furono organizzate con la supervisione di ufficiali dell’esercito
tedesco in collegamento con l’esercito turco, secondo le alleanze
ancora valide tra Germania e Impero Ottomano. Altre centinaia di
migliaia di Armeni furono massacrati dalla milizia curda e
dall’esercito turco. Oggi molti Stati persistono nel negare
l’accaduto, basti pensare alla recente reazione piccata della Turchia
verso una proposta di legge francese mirata a condannare il
negazionismo del genocidio armeno. Siamo tutti responsabili di questo
silenzio assassino.

Foto agghiaccianti: per chiunque non conoscesse la vergognosa violenza
e l’umiliazione corporale inflitte agli armeni; per chiunque ritenga
questa una favola inventata dai contorni sadici e nebulosi ma,
soprattutto, per chiunque creda nel valore della Storia come testimone
impietosa e super partes, consigliamoquesto sito che offre una
documentazione fotografica del massacro armeno per nulla edulcorata.
Se questa esposizione truce può essere di aiuto ai vari San Tommaso
siamo certi che i morti ritratti possano servire a migliorare
qualcosa…magari l’anno prossimo. Sarebbe già un inizio.

Dai un cavallo a chi dice la verità: ne avrà bisogno per fuggire. Ma
danne uno anche a chi mente: ne avrà bisogno per le sue parate.
Proverbio armeno

Valeria Panzeri