Films on Armenian Genocide to Be Screened in California April 17 and 24

PanARMENIAN.Net
18.03.2006 20:37 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ KCET TV station of South California has planned
screening of French film director Lorence Jourdan’s Armenian Genocide,
the English version of which will be shown on the American TV for the
first time. Canadian film director Hagop Goudsouzian’s My Son Will Be
Armenian will be shown on April 24. “We got many positive evaluations
over the first film and decided to screen it at 9 p.m. instead of 10,
so as more people can see that important film,” said Mary Masur, KCET
Executive Vice President of programming and production. The second
film tells about the visit of 6 Canadian Armenians paid to Western
Armenia. KCET is one of PBS branches of KCET Public TV Service,
reports Azg newspaper.

Baku Tries to Azerbaijanize Iranian Poets

PanARMENIAN.Net
18.03.2006 20:49 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ “Former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami’s
writing that Nizami Ganjavi is a Persian poet is true. Nizami wrote
and created his works in Persian, he didn’t have even one work in
Azerbaijani,” Iranian Ambassador to Azerbaijan Afshar Suleymani told
journalists. Expressing his support for the former Iranian president’s
stance that Nizami is a Persian poet, Suleymani also said there is no
evidence to prove that Nizami wrote in Azerbaijani. “Nizami didn’t
write in Azerbaijani. Nizami wrote in Persian but these poems were
translated into Azerbaijani later,” the Ambassador said. The Iranian
ambassador also claimed that Shahriyar is not an Azerbaijani poet
either, reports APA.

Azerbaijanization of Persian culture and art workers began in
Azerbaijan in 60s, when Heydar Aliyev came to power first as Chairman
of the KGB in Azerbaijan, and later as First Secretary of the Central
Committee of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan.

British Military Museum Presents Exhibits on Armenian Genocide

PanARMENIAN.Net
18.03.2006 20:55 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Crimes against Humanity section of the London
Military Museum shows exhibits, which tell about atrocities during
the Armenian Genocide in 1915.

The Museum also presents documents on violence in the USSR during the
Stalin period, Anadolu information agency reports, adding visitors
can get additional information on the materials in the Museum via
the Internet.

Azeri Commission on Refugees Defalcated Part of US Money

PanARMENIAN.Net
18.03.2006 21:01 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ In the Human Rights Report 2005 the US State
Department censured Azerbaijan’s State Commission on Refugee Affairs
and Displaced Persons. The report specifically notes that the
Commission spent some $82 million in 2005. It notes that the Commission
defalcated part of the sum. This resulted in strict criticism by the
US, reports the Azg newspaper.

CE to Provide 600 Thousand Euros to Shoot Film on Armenian Genocide

PanARMENIAN.Net
18.03.2006 21:17 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ March 9 a decision was made at a meeting of Council
of Europe Eurimages Fund to provide 600 thousand euros to famous
Italian film directors, brothers Paolo and Vittorio Taviani for their
Lark Farm film on the Armenian Genocide. All jury members, except
Turkey, supported the decision. The Fund, which promotes European
cinema production, includes 32 states. In his speech Fund President
Jacques Toubon (France) resolutely defended the decision passed
and accused Turkey in committing a Genocide, calling it historical
reality. In spite of the denialist stance of the Turkish representative
and official Ankara’s efforts, the jury did not change their mind,
reports the Press Service of the Armenian MFA.

NEW OMBUDSMAN REPEATS THE PREVIOUS ONE?

Panorama.am
16:02 18/03/06

Armen Haroutyunyan states the importance of the role of the regional
representations for the institute of Human Rights’ Defender. He
assures they are simply necessities.

During the discussion of State Budget of 2006 former Human Rights’
Defender Larissa Alaverdyan also raised the question of founding
offices in 3 regions of the republic and asked for 11 million drams
from the state budget to realize the idea. Yet the money was not
given. And now the new Defender seems to have the same wish.

But however alike the wished of Larissa Alaverdyan and Armen
Haroutyunyan are their positions concerning the Defender’s annual
report completely differ. As A. Haroutyunyan says the former Defender
wrote her report not before January 5 but after that when she was
no longer Defender. That is why A. Haroutyunyan has prepared his own
report on the basis of the information in the staff as since January
5 Larissa Alaverdyan has merely been a citizen and not Human Rights
Defender.

By the way A. Haroutyunyan is ready to cooperate even with ombudsmen
from our neighbors Georgia and Azerbaijan in the field of Human Rights’
Defence because as he assures “human rights are over state.” On the
other hand, the edges of cooperation with previous Human Rights’
Defender Larissa Alaverdyan are not seen yet. /Panorama.am/

“DIGNITY AND FREEDOM MOST IMPORTANT FOR A PERSON”

Panorama.am
15:15 18/03/06

“Jurisprudence is higher mathematics about freedoms for me,” announced
Human Rights Defender Armen HAroutyunyan at the meeting with the
students of AUA department of law.

As he said the times have changed and when he was choosing the legal
profession the field of private right was not paid much attention
to. For that very reason he has chosen the constitutional right
specialization. “Dignity and freedom are the most important things
for a person,” said A. Haroutyunyan and noticed that there must
always be professional lawyer next to the Defender. The Ombudsman
is sure that Human Rights are first of all defended by people
themselves. /Panorama.am/

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

“RULE OF LAW COUNTRY” NOT ATTACKED YET

Panorama.am
15:12 18/03/06

Today at the conference NA Deputy, “Orinats Yerkir” (Rule of
Law Country) party vice president Mher Shahgeldyan rejected the
information saying after their party member Gagik Avetyan raids are
being prepared on the other RLC deputies. “I have no such information
and there is nothing of the kind,” he said answering the questions
of correspondents.

What refers to the news that RLC can possibly become an oppositional
party M. Shahgeldyan mentioned: “Time will show what is going to be in
the future.” Yet the “future” he mentioned is before the beginning of
official election campaign. “The “Rule of Law Country” decides on its
own in what field and how to continue acting,” he added. /Panorama.am/

“ARMENIA” TV COMPANY IMPLEMENTS DENATIONALIZED PROPAGANDA, YOUNG
POLITICIANS’ CLUB MEMBERS STATE

YEREVAN, MARCH 17, NOYAN TAPAN. “Armenia” TV company programs
starting from their names up to their contents have denatiolized
orientation. Marine Hovian, the Deputy Chief of the RA State Language
Department made such a statement at the March 16 discussion titled
“Youth Against Denationalized Propaganda.”

According to her, a committee should be created only after conclusion
of which some programs may be broadcast. In the opinion of members of
the Young Policians’ Club initiated the discussion as well, “Armenia”
TV company implements today denationalized propaganda during its
broadcast.” According to Arman Vardanian, the Chairman of the club,
they were made indignant by the video material recently showed during
the “Exclusive” TV program where “a homosexual played his buffoons
and make every effort to look like foreign singer Shakira” and then
spoke of national ideas. According to A.Vardanian, after that the club
held an action-awarding and few TV companies, including “Armenia”
were awarded “Golden Dustbins” for broadcasting such programs. But,
“Armenia” broadcast that video material twice more. “We call on all
the TV-radio companies to be more attentive and impartial as well as
to review their broadcast policy,” A.Vardanian mentioned.

The liberated territories are the major guarantee of peace (analysis)
By Armen Manvelyan

17.03.2006 13:05
“Radiolur”

Turning to the issue of liberated territories we should mention that
the time has come to understand that the question of territories cannot
be a matter of direct policy of concessions, since the past years have
proved that Azerbaijan carries out a policy, which can be characterized
in the following way – either everything or nothing. That is to say
that confident of its economic power Azerbaijan tries to turn it into
military one to resolve the conflict through military means. Under
these circumstances a different approach toward the liberated
territories solely prepares ground and encourages the opposing party,
which is confident that it can return these territories earlier
or later. Thus, turning to the Karabakh issue and particularly the
liberated territories, we should note that these have been liberated
at the price of Armenian blood and cannot become a matter of trade,
especially when we realize that the return of territories will not
bring peace. On the contrary, it will cause a new war in the region
by breaking the political balance. In this regard it needs to be
mentioned that the political map of Europe and the borders between
countries have been drawn not in the result of great love for each
other but as a consequence of two bloody World Wars. It is clear that
all European countries, or at least most of these are dissatisfied
with these borders.

Later, however, a decision was taken to recognize each other’s
territorial integrity and try to cooperate according to this principle
in order to stop the confrontations between the parties. According to
the same logics, our society should accept and recognize Armenia within
the borders, which are currently controlled by Armenian soldiers. The
liberated territories should not become a matter of trade. These
should be actively settled by Armenians forcefully displaced from
Azerbaijan. Thus, we can say that Armenia should be recognized within
the borders liberated by Armenian soldiers, and not the ones drawn
by Stalin.