Author: Kanayan Tamar

BLOOMBERG PHOTOJOURNALIST DEPORTED FROM BAKU BECAUSE OF HER ARMENIAN ORIGIN

PanARMENIAN.Net
June 28, 2011

PanARMENIAN.Net – In the evening of June 28, Bloomberg news agency
photojournalist Diana Markosyan was deported to Istanbul from Baku,
contact.az reported, citing Turan.

“I’m very surprised over the incident. For 3 weeks, we’ve been
negotiating with Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry requesting to allow me
entrance to Baku. A person in charge asked for 10 days to settle the
formalities. He further requested a number of documents including an
official letter from Bloomberg, which was provided. Upon receiving a
verbal confirmation allowing my arrival, I traveled to Baku airport,
where I was refused entrance because of my Armenian origin, although
I’ve never been to Armenia. The Foreign Ministry representative
said he’s unable to help me. I would understand it, but why promise
something you can’t deliver?” the photojournalist said in a phone
conversation with Turan.

According to RFE/RL Azeri service, on June 28, Diana Markosyan was
detained at Baku airport.

Emin Huseynov, director of Institute for Reporters’ Freedom and Safety,
who’s been in contact with Markosyan, stated that Markosyan came to
Baku in the early hours of 28 June, but was not permitted to go out
of the airport. “Markosyan is dual citizen of U.S. and Russia.

She came to Baku with her Russian passport. Her documents are all
in order.”

Elkhan Polukhov, head of the press office for the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, stated that Markosyan did not have accreditation. “She sent
her documents, presented herself. Bloomberg directors as well as
Diana herself were told that her visit here would not be possible,
the accreditation cannot go through – because problems may arise in
providing her safety here. It was suggested that she be replaced by
another journalist.”

Photos taken by Markosyan have been published in newspapers such
as the New York Times, Boston Globe, Wall Street Journal and The
Washington Post.

On 18 April 2011 Swedish journalists Charlie Laprevote, My Rohwedder
Street and Charlotta Wijkstrom were detained and deported from Baku,
having come there to film a documentary about freedom of expression
in Azerbaijan.

THOSE GUILTY OF EMERGENCY DOCTOR’S DEATH WILL GET DUE PUNISHMENT

Tert.am
28.06.11

Armenia’s Minister of Health Care, Harutyun Kushkyan has said he
will be consistent in having those guilty of the recent death of an
emergency doctor in Gyumri held accountable.

In a statement released on Tuesday, Kushkyan said that Ashot Grigoryan
remained committed to his oath of a doctor and provided the patient
with first aid even after being physically and verbally assaulted by
the son of the same patient.

“As a citizen of the Republic of Armenia, as a physician and minister
of health care I express my deepest sorrow and my sever frustration
at the incident,” Kushkyan said in the statement.

“I assure that I will be consistent so that those guilty will
be punished properly in accordance with the law of the Republic
of Armenia,” Kushkyan said in the statement, calling on all
law-enforcement bodies to design a joint system to protect health
care personnel in the country.

Ashot Grigoryan was physically and verbally assaulted by Artak
Karapetyan, the son of a patient and died before the police arrived
at the seen of the incident on Sunday.

“On my and medical society’s behalf I express my deepest condolences
to the family of Ashot Grigoryan over his tragic death,” read the
statement.

APRICOT HARVEST DAMAGED IN ARMENIA

news.am
June 28 2011
Armenia

YEREVAN. – Armenia will have only one third of average apricot harvest
of 20-25 thousand tones in 2011, chairman of Agrarian Union Hrach
Berberyan told the journalists.

According to Berberyan, despite poor harvest, apricot is still exported
from Armenia. At the same time, only extra harvest may be exported,
while apricot has no extra harvest this year.

Apricot price went up as a result of export. The price was ~@1 for 1
kg. Berberyan believes that harvest would have be more if the state
supplies were directed efficiently and properly to the preservation of
plants. Besides, Armenian Ministry of Agriculture broke its promise on
supplying cheap fertilizers. However, Armenia will have good harvest
of peach this year, he added.

KAZAN : POINT DE VUE DE SABINE FREIZER

Source/Lien : Panarmenian.net
29-06-2011

Info Collectif VAN – – Les resultats de la
rencontre des dirigeants de l’Armenie, la Russie et Azerbaïdjan sont
decevants, mais nous esperons toujours parvenir a un accord final sur
les principes de base du règlement du conflit du Nagorno Karabakh,
selon la directrice du International Crisis Group, Sabine Freizer. Le
Collectif VAN vous livre la traduction d’un article en anglais paru
sur le site Panarmenian.net le 25 juin 2011.

Sabine Freizer decue des resultats de la reunion a Kazan

PanARMENIAN.Net – Les resultats de la rencontre des dirigeants de
l’Armenie, la Russie et Azerbaïdjan sont decevants, mais nous esperons
toujours parvenir a un accord final sur les principes de base du
règlement du conflit du Nagorno Karabakh, selon la directrice du
International Crisis Group, Sabine Freizer.

“Cela aurait ete bien mieux s’il y avait eu un accord mutuel sur les
principes de base, alors que la declaration indique que les dirigeants
se sont mis d’accord uniquement sur certains points. Cela signifie
qu’un accord n’a pas ete trouve sur certaines questions contenues
dans les principes de base”, dit l’analyste.

En outre, Freizer a indique qu’elle croyait toujours a la possibilite
de parvenir a un accord sur les principes de base, puisque les parties
n’ont pas fait de meilleure proposition jusqu’a ce jour.

“Afin que les principes de base puissant etre signes, Serzh Sargsyan
et Ilham Aliyev, ainsi que les populations de l’Armenie et de
l’Azerbaïdjan, doivent etre convaincus que ceci est la meilleure
proposition pour l’instant”, selon l’analyste.

Freizer a exprime l’espoir que les presidents, a leur retour,
commenceront tous les deux a travailler avec leur population. Elle
a indique que si les pourparlers sur les principes de base echouent,
le risque existe d’une nouvelle vague d’agressions armees entre les
deux parties.

©Traduction de l’anglais C.Gardon pour le Collectif VAN – 29 juin
2011 –

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TERRORISME TURC : BASKIN ORAN MENACé DE MORT

Source/Lien : Bianet
Publié le : 29-06-2011

Info Collectif VAN – – Baskın Oran, journaliste
et universitaire a recu sa quatrième lettre de menace de mort
signée par la Brigade de la Vengeance Turque (TIT). Le message a
été envoyé au journal arménien Agos et déclare : ” Ton heure
est venue de mourir.

” Baskin Oran est connu pour ses travaux sur les minorités
non-turques de la Turquie. Et malheureusement aussi pour de
curieuses prises de position sur le génocide arménien (Génocide
arménien : les positions de Baskin Oran) : mais visiblement, les
ultranationalistes qui le menacent de mort ne sont pas a même de
comprendre toutes les nuances de son discours… Le Collectif VAN
vous propose la traduction d’un article paru sur le site progressiste
turc Bianet.

Légende photo : Baskin Oran

La TİT envoie une quatrième menace de mort au défenseur des
droits, Oran

Bianet

Baskın Oran, journaliste et universitaire a recu sa quatrième lettre
de menace de mort signée par la Brigade de la Vengeance Turque (TIT).

Le message a été envoyé au journal arménien Agos et déclare :
” Ton heure est venue de mourir. ”

Ekin KARACA [email protected] Ankara – BÄ°A News Center 15 juin 2011

Le défenseur des droits des minorités, le professeur Baskin Oran
a recu sa quatrième menace de la Brigade de la Vengeance Turque
(TIT) le 2 juin. Le message de menace a été envoyé par courrier
électronique au journal arménien Agos, où Oran travaille en tant
qu’éditorialiste.

Alors que la TIT a menacé Oran quatre fois a ce jour, le maître de
conférences en sciences politiques a l’université d’Ankara, a aussi
recu d’innombrables menaces de prétendus “citoyens sensibles”. Après
la dernière menace, Oran a déposé une plainte criminelle.

” Si la justice procède de cette facon, les menaces continueront ”

Dans son interview avec bianet, Oran, ancien membre du Conseil sur
les droits de l’homme du Premier ministre (BÄ°HDK), tient la justice
pour responsable des menaces de mort qu’il a recues, car, a son avis,
les cours n’ont pas fait leur travail correctement.

“Si le judiciaire procède de cette facon, ces gens-la continueront a
me menacer” a déclaré Oran et il a ajouté : “Je porterai plainte a
chaque fois qu’ils me menaceront. Mais tant que la justice ne remplit
pas ses obligations, ces gens continueront a me menacer et ce processus
continuera. ”

Oran a dit a bianet qu’il était sous protection depuis l’assassinat
du journaliste turco-arménien Hrant Dink en janvier 2007. Cependant,
cette protection ne sert a rien face a une justice fonctionnant ainsi,
pense Oran.

Message de menace envoyé a Baskın Oran

Le message de menace contenait une liste noire de personnes ciblées
comprenant le journaliste turco-arménien Etyen Mahcupyan et les
responsables politiques kurdes Osman Baydemir, Sebahat Tuncel et
Akın Birdal. La lettre était signée par la TİT et déclarait ce
qui suit :

” Il mène une vie déshonorante en faisant de la lèche aux
Arméniens.

Baskin Oran, tu ne peux toujours pas supporter le mot ‘Turc’ sur les
terres turques. (…) Prends tes chiens et pars en Arménie. Sinon la
mort sera pour toi une fin inévitable. (…) L’heure de ta mort est
venue (…) Nous annoncons ici qu’en tant que Brigade de la Vengeance
Turque, nous fermerons ce compte. Le 17 juin nous supprimerons
ce bâtard dénommé Baskın Oran et nous montrerons la force des
Turcs. ”

Le long voyage du dossier

Oran a recu sa première menace de la TİT le 30 mai 2008. Il a recu
deux autres menaces la même année déclarant : “Tu n’obtiendras
rien en nous dénoncant a l’Ã~Itat. ”

Oran a déposé une plainte criminelle auprès du procureur d’Ankara
contre l’expéditeur du premier message de menace qui était signé ”
Qu’est-ce que tu en as a foutre, qu’est-ce que j’en ai a foutre. ”
Le procureur d’Ankara s’est déclaré incompétent, car apparemment
le message avait été envoyé d’un cyber café a Istanbul. Le
dossier a été transmis a Istanbul. Le dossier a été déféré
a une cour a Adana où l’expéditeur du message a été identifié
comme étant Bilal Å~^ekerlisoy vivant a Mersin. Puisque le mail
avait été envoyé a un destinataire a Istanbul, le dossier est
reparti a Istanbul. Cependant, la cour d’Istanbul s’est déclarée
incompétente au motif qu’Oran vivait a Ankara. Finalement, le dossier
a été renvoyé a Ankara.

Baskın Oran a écrit un article le 12 juin 2011 dans Radikal Iki,
un supplément du journal Radikal : ” La peine maximale encourue
est de six mois, s’il y a un jugement, et l’annonce du verdict sera
repoussée. (…) En ce qui concerne les deux autres menaces, la 4e
chambre correctionnelle d’Ankara et le 9e tribunal d’instance d’Ankara
ont opté pour des acquittements. L’expéditeur a été identifié,
ainsi que l’heure et l’ordinateur a partir duquel le message a été
envoyé.

Mais son Eminence Mr. Le juge a envoyé le dossier a un expert. Le
rapport qui revient indique que ‘tout le monde peut entrer dans le
compte d’une autre personne et envoyer un message de ce compte’. Le
dossier est actuellement a la cour de cassation. ” (EKN/VK)

©Traduction de l’anglais C.Gardon pour le Collectif VAN – 29 juin
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PLUS DE 16000 BEBES NES EN ARMENIE
Stephane

armenews.com
mercredi 29 juin 2011

Environ 16 365 enfants sont nes en Armenie a la date du 1er juin dont
8073 a Erevan. Dans le meme laps de temps de l’annee passee 17 508
avaient vus le jour dont 6064 a Erevan.

Le service de presse du ministère de la Sante a declare qu’en mai 2011
1693 bebes sont nes dans les maternites d’Erevan, dont 9 a l’etranger
et 429 dans les provinces.

Depuis 2008 un système de certificats d’aide a la naissance fonctionne
dans la Republique qui prend en charge tous les frais medicaux.

US NEEDS KARABAKH IN ORDER TO ATTACK IRAN – ANALYST

Tert.am
28.06.11

The United States needs Nagorno Karabakh in order to attack Iran,
according a Russian analyst.

“The United States has not yet given up the idea of launching a war
against Iran. That war is planned for 2012. As the time is drawing
near, it is becoming more and more obvious that the Americans need a
territory near Iran to make their planes’ takeoff possible,” Vladimir
Zakharov, the Director of the Institute of Political Studies of the
Black Sea and Caspian Region, said during a Yerevan-Moscow space
bridge-discussion devoted the outcomes of the recent trilateral
presidential summit in Kazan, Russia.

The expert noted that the territory of the Nagorno Karabakh may be
used as a temporary zone for launching military operations.

Speaking of the Kazan summit, he added: “A document was likely to be
signed before the meeting, but Azerbaijan proposed ten amendments. I
am sure the context is clear. [Some powers], probably the West, had
been negotiating with [Azeri President] Ilham Aliyev to talk him out
of signing anything,” he said.

Zakharov said it the United States might have desired such scenario to
be able to circulate the idea of a possible war.

General Director of the Caspian cooperation institute Sergey Mikheev
disagreed to Zakharov’s position.

“There might have been an agreement, but the main problem is the total
incompatibility between the Armeniam and Azerbaijani positions. How
can one persuade two people to come to an agreement when each of them
considers the other a fool?” he asked.

Speaking further on the issue, Karen Bekaryan, the head of the
European Integration NGO considered the ambiguity of Aliyev’s strategy
misleading. He said the negotiations had not followed the right
methodology, with Karabakh not being involved in the process. The
expert noted that no document on Karabakh can have legal grounds
unless the country itself is a party to the current peace talks.

Alexander Markarov, the director of the Armenian branch of the
Institute of CIS Countries, said the scenario of a war is impossible,
as all parties realize that Baku is isolated from reality. He said the
Helsinki principles on self-determination will eventually serve as
basis for conflict settlement.

“What matters is where the co-chairs spoke, and not just what they
said. They spoke in Karabakh,” he added.

TURKEY SOURCE FOR TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS, U.S. SAYS

PanARMENIAN.Net
June 28, 2011

PanARMENIAN.Net – In its annual Trafficking in Persons report, the
State Department said Turkey is a source, destination, and transit
country for women, men, and children subjected to sex trafficking
and forced labor, accusing the government of not fully complying with
the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking.

The report analyzed conditions in 184 nations, including the United
States, and ranked them in terms of their effectiveness in fighting
what many have termed modern-day slavery. The State Department
estimates that as many as 27 million men, women and children are
living in such bondage around the world, Today’s Zaman says.

According to the report, women and child sex trafficking victims
found in Turkey originate predominately from the former Soviet Union
and Eastern Europe but Turkish women are also subjected to forced
prostitution within the country.

The report criticized Turkey for not fully complying with the minimum
standards for the elimination of trafficking, but it said Turkey
is making significant efforts to do so. “The government improved
its recognition of forced labor and domestic trafficking during the
reporting period,” the report reads.

Among the countries on the blacklist are Cuba, Iran, Myanmar, North
Korea and Sudan along with Eritrea, Libya and Zimbabwe. Others are
US allies in the Middle East like Kuwait and Saudi Arabia while
Papua New Guinea was cited as a repeat offender. Only one country,
the Dominican Republic, was removed from the list.

The 11 new countries on the blacklist are Algeria, the Central African
Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Lebanon, Libya, Madagascar,
Micronesia, Turkmenistan, Venezuela and Yemen.

COLLABORATION WITH ANC IS OUT OF THE QUESTION – STEPAN SAFARYAN

Tert.am
28.06.11

Heritage party rules out any possibility of collaboration with
the opposition alliance Armenian National Congress (ANC), a top
representative of the party has said.

Speaking at a news conference on Tuesday, Stepan Safaryan, the leader
of the opposition Heritage party faction in parliament said the two
political forces have conflicting approaches to the Nagorno Karabakh
conflict and the Armenia-Turkey rapprochement process.

He noted in the meantime that ANC’s positions on the above issues
coincide mostly with those of the ruling authorities.

“The possibility of establishing an ideological alliance with ANC in
the upcoming election is out of the question,” he said, ruling out
the possibility of any other format of collaboration.

EU ADVISORY GROUP PRESENTS NEEDS ASSESSMENT REPORT AND ANNUAL WORK PLAN

armradio.am
28.06.2011

On 28 June, Ambassador Raul de Luzenberger, Head of the EU Delegation
to Armenia and Mr. Artur Baghdasaryan, Secretary of the National
Security Council, co-chaired the sixth Advisory Board Meeting
convened by the European Union Advisory Group. The Group presented
its Quarterly Report, Needs Assessment Report as well as its Work Plan
for the period of June 2011-May 2012, which were approved by the Board.

The Advisory Board Meeting was opened by the Secretary of the National
Security Council, Arthur Baghdasaryan, who expressed appreciation on
behalf of the government and underlined the importance of contribution
provided by the EU Advisory Group in the reform process within key
areas of economy, rule of law, human rights and institutional issues.

The Head of the EU Delegation, Raul de Luzenberger, underlined
that with the negotiations on an Association Agreement, the EU and
Armenia have entered a new stage in relations. “The EU Advisory Group
will continue to provide tailor-made policy advice to support the
development of this increasingly close relationship. The EU stands
ready to support Armenia in moving forward reforms linked to the
AA negotiations and for the fulfilment of its national priorities,”
he added.

The Board took note of the Needs Assessment Report presenting the
gap analysis between the current and desired situation and providing
rationale for future activities. During the meeting, the importance
to provide in-depth advice by the EU Advisory Group on priority fields
for a Deep and Comprehensive Trade Agreement (DCFTA) was discussed.

The Board welcomed the initiatives taken towards the establishment
of a Mobility Partnership as well as future negotiations on the
EU-Armenia Visa Facilitation and Readmission Agreement. Among other
issues, the work of the EU Advisory Group on the facilitation of the
integration process of the Armenian political parties into the EU
political families, ensuring the stability of the Diplomatic Academy
and recruitment of national expertise was emphasized.

High-ranking officials from the President’s Office, the Government,
and the National Assembly attended the meeting. EU Member States
Embassies and international organisations were also represented,
including UNDP. The EU Advisory Group was represented by Team Leader
Antti Hartikainen and the EU Advisors.