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Police Violence Against Peaceful Protesters Unpunished in Armenia
- Accountability for police violence is essential to rebuild public trust at a time when many people in Armenia feel the government isn’t listening to their concerns...Read More »
Peace in Karabakh Armenia’s Only Chance for Safety and Prosperity, Ter-Petrosyan Says
The resolution of disputes and establishment of good neighbourly relations with Turkey and Azerbaijan depends solely on the Karabakh conflict settlement... We can't ignore the fact that despite Turkey's unconditional...Read More »
Mass Media in Armenia: Power Elite’s Tool to Shape and Control People’s Thoughts
“Mass media has to take actions to overcome its systemic issues. Are the existing Armenian media outlets capable of offering solutions to social problems, if not, how should media be transformed? As a whole, we...Read More »
‘Daredevils of Sasun’ – Artists, Masseurs and Civil Rights Activists (VIDEO)
Sedrak Nazaryan moved to Barcelona eight years ago to work as a masseur. He says that he came back to Armenia in April, 2015, specifically for taking part in this operation; he intends to stand by his...Read More »
‘People Are Not Born Nationalists:’ Who Benefits From the Conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh
[Mass media] feeds the people daily with what seems to have become usual and essential hatred, xenophobia and militarism in both an obvious and concealed manner. As a result, ..Read More »
Neocolonialism More Effective Than Colonization; Armenia’s Struggle to Preserve Sovereignty (Lecture)
In the period of neocolonialism, in addition to old colonialists, which are different for different countries, there were also major countries, such as the United States, which, although not colonialist in the traditional sense...Read More »
Loss of Sovereignty: Referendum Causes Uncertainty for Armenian Voters
The Armenian authorities have once again “distinguished themselves”: in a poor country they spent money on an event, the outcome of which was known in advance, at the same time, completely depriving more than two dozen communities of their sovereignty. Read More »
“‘Bakonomics’ Is Destructive for Artsakh”
The existence of Bakonomics has turned into a crisis for relations between Artsakh and the Diaspora. Multiple Armenian philanthropists from the diaspora, who are no longer able to tolerate the level of plunder which has passed...Read More »
Crisis 2: Political Art on Display in Yerevan (PHOTOS)
"You get up in the morning and don't know what to do. Life has become mechanical and unbearable. You have lost your ideas. To act for satisfaction is as...Read More »
How Levon Ter-Petrossian Envisioned Independence in 1991: Leaked Cable
In May 1991, then Armenian Supreme Soviet Chair Levon Ter-Petrossian outlined to US Embassy officials his vision of the path to Armenia's independence.Read More »