Author: Kanayan Tamar

PRESS RELEASE
ARMENIAN YOUTH FEDERATION OF CANADA
ARMEN KARO STUDENT ASSOCIATION
50 HALLCROWN PLACE
TORONTO, ON
M2J 1P6

MARCH 3, 2012

E-MAIL: [email protected]

CANADIAN-ARMENIAN ORGANIZATIONS LAUNCH `FREE ZARAKOLU’ CAMPAIGN

The Armenian Youth Federation of Canada and Armen Karo Student Association
have launched a joint campaign to call for the release of Turkish
journalist, publisher, writer and human rights advocate Ragıp Zarakolu.

Several months ago, 40 intellectuals were arrested in Turkey on trumped-up
charges of terrorism. Among them was Ragıp Zarakolu who runs of one of the
few publishing houses in the country which prints books on the Armenian
Genocide and other topics deemed taboo.

Zarakolu is also a recipient of the National Library Award of the Republic
of Armenia and a Nobel Peace Prize nominee.

The `Free Zarakolu’ letter-writing campaign kicks off March 8, 2012, at the
Armenian Youth Federation Room – Armenian Community Centre, 45 Hallcrown
Place, Toronto.

For further information, please e-mail [email protected].

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Founded in 1934, the Armenian Youth Federation of Canada is the largest
and most influential Armenian-Canadian youth organization in Canada working
to advance the social, political, educational, and cultural awareness of
Armenian-Canadian youth.

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Founded in 2005, Armen Karo Student Association’s mission is to assist
existing Armenian Student Associations in Canadian universities and provide
a platform for the study and promotion of all things Armenian on campus.
Moreover, Armen Karo Student Association strives to mobilize the community
at large in furthering the Armenian Cause through political, academic and
intellectual means.

Vandalism in Armenian city – statues and benches of city park are
broken (PHOTOS)

March 02, 2012 | 21:29

IJEVAN. – For already several days vandalism is occurring in Armenian
Tavush region’s Ijevan city: several statues and benches in the city
park have been broken.

If USA and Israel pull Azerbaijan towards anti-Iranian alliance they
might provoke unrest like in Guba – Armenian MP

news.am
March 03, 2012 | 01:11

YEREVAN. – If the USA and Israel pull Azerbaijan into an anti-Iranian
alliance then they might provoke unrest like in Guba, Armenian MP from
the ruling Republican Party (RPA) Shirak Torosyan told the reporter of
Armenian News-NEWS.am.

According to him, it is not a coincidence that distress occurred in
the center of the historic Guba Khanate. The authorities of the local
administration in Guba displayed Khanate habits which caused the
protest of citizens even in the highly authoritarian regime of
Azerbaijan. Even the opposition in Baku is aware of the
demonstrations, Torosyan mentioned.

As Torosyan pointed out, if one were to look for foreign subtexts,
then the distress might be provoked by the USA and Israel in order to
pull Azerbaijan into an anti-Iranian alliance.

`In that case demonstrations might spread throughout the country.
Otherwise, if one were to assume only the inner political conditions
in the country, that is not much possible,’ Torosyan added.

Environmental activists to continue struggle for Mashtots Park in
Yerevan downtown

news.am
March 03, 2012 | 17:48

YEREVAN. – Environmental activists struggling against the installation
of boutiques in the Mashtots Park in Yerevan downtown will continue
their struggle and demand that the city hall should dismantle the
pavilions, the activists said during the civil forum organized on
Saturday.

According to them, Armenia has established a civil society and the
authorities cannot neglect it.

Many famous people, including actors Yervand Manaryan and Ashot
Adamyan, joined the activists in their protest against the
installation of the pavilions.

The activists met with Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan on the issue but
have not reached any agreement.

Research on Armenian Architecture NGO to publish a book about Armenian
communities in India

arminfo
Saturday, March 3, 18:26

The Research on Armenian Architecture NGO will publish a book about
Armenian communities in India, Director of the NGO Samvel Karapetyan
said in an interview to ArmInfo.

He said that in 2011 the NGO’s experts visited 12 Indian cities.

“Two of them, Chinsura and Seyidabad, have Armenian churches. We have
also found Armenian cemeteries in Gwalior and Hyderabad. We have found
proofs that in XVI there were Armenian churches in Surat and Agra.
They no longer exist. But Surat has an Armenian church of XVII, while
in Madras we have found a church and a bridge built by Armenians in
XVIII,” Karapetyan said.

Armenian Deputy Patriarch of Constantinople complains about
discrimination against Armenians in Turkey

news.am
March 03, 2012 | 17:28

ISTANBUL. – Archbishop Aram Ateshyan, the Armenian Deputy Patriarch of
Constantinople, and the spiritual leaders of Turkey’s Assyrian
Catholic and Orthodox communities also attended the conference held in
Istanbul and devoted to the preparations for the country’s new
Constitution.

In his address at the event, Archbishop Ateshyan noted that Turkey’s
current Constitution has a distressing point, according to which all
citizens of the Republic of Armenia are considered Turks.

`We know that we are the citizens of Turkey, but Armenian citizens of
Turkey. You cannot say that everyone who is a citizen of Turkey is a
Turk. A change must be made here. I cannot become even a police
[officer]. Everyone is equal before the law, but, in reality, that
equality does not exist,’ the Armenian Deputy Patriarch of
Constantinople stated, Haberler news agency of Turkey informs.

President Sargsyan to visit Brussels

armradio.am
03.03.2012 11:45

President Serzh Sargsyan will pay a working visit to Brussels March
5-7, President’s press Office reported.

Within the framework of the visit President Sargsyan will participate
in the sitting of the North-Atlantic Council+Armenia format and will
make a speech at the Konrad
Adenauer Foundation.

President Sargsyan will have bilateral meetings with NATO Secretary
General Andres Forg Rasmussen, President of the European Commission
Jose Manuel Barroso, Chairman of the European Parliament Martin
Schulz, EU Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood
Policy Stefan Fule, President of the European People’s Party Wilfred
Martens, as well as the leadership of the Belgian Parliament.

President Sargsyan is scheduled to meet representatives of Armenian
organizations of Belgium.

D. Dumanyan: Though advancement is materialized, much is left to be done

12:57 03/03/2012 » Society

`Armenian army welcomes its 20th jubilee with serious achievements
and successes. We fought the war forced to us with shotguns, but today
we have our own production, and this conference is aimed at displaying
the road we’ve passed and our future,’ Derenik Dumanyan, president of
State Medical University after M. Heratsi, delivered opening remarks
at military-medical conference.

The conference is organized on the sidelines of events dedicated to
the 20th anniversary of formation of Armenian army. Issues related to
the establishment of military medicine, its past and future
development will be highlighted during the conference.

`Although we’ve materialized a number of achievements in military
medicine, we still have lots of things to do,’ D. Dumanyan said adding
that 90 doctors would be awarded with different prizes for their
contribution in Artsakh war, assistance in front line.

The conference hosts Parliament Speaker Samvel Nikoyan, Defense
Minister Seyran Ohanyan, President of Volunteer Homeland Defenders
Union Manvel Grigoryan, MPs, Generals and officers.

Military medicine has been established in Armenia parallel with the
formation of Armenian army and in 1992 military medicine department
was founded as army subdivision.

Source: Panorama.am

Armenian physicians did everything to save lives of soldiers during
Karabakh War – Medical University Rector

news.am
March 03, 2012 | 13:29

YEREVAN. – The fact that a conference on military medical service is
being held today already bespeaks many things, Yerevan State Medical
University Rector Derenik Dumanyan on Saturday noted during the
aforesaid conference, which is devoted to the 20th anniversary of
Armenia’s Armed Forces.

The Rector also recalled that the Armenian military medical service
had commenced during the years of the Karabakh War, and the service
developed in parallel with the army. Dumanyan noted that the
liberation war’s first physicians were civilian doctors, who faced
difficulties but were able to surmount them.

`In those years around eleven-thousand freedom fighters were wounded
and more than eight-thousand of them returned to the battlefield,’
Dumanyan said, and stressed that the physicians did everything to save
the lives of the soldiers.

ARMENIE
De nouvelles zones franches en Arménie

En Arménie dans les prochaines années il est prévu d’établir deux à
trois zones franches économiques (FEZ), A déclaré le ministre arménien
de l’Economie Tigran Davtyan.

« La phase pratique de mise en place des zones franches a commencé en
Arménie ce qui est un processus assez long conditionnée par un certain
nombre de problèmes organisationnels, financiers et techniques`,
a-t-il dit lors de la première réunion du comité interministériel
coordonnant l’activité des zones franches.

M.Davtyan a déclaré que l’une des zones aura une orientation agraire
et sera établi à proximité de l’aéroport international de « Zvartnots
», et la seconde – sur le terrain de l’usine `Mars` et va devenir une
zone de production et de technologiques.

samedi 3 mars 2012,
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