The blog contains articles and thoughts in English, Armenian and Arabic about Armenian issues, Artsakh-Karabakh issue, Armenian Genocide as well as the life of Armenians and Christians in Iraq and the Middle East.
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Saturday, February 26, 2011
The Truth About Khojalu/Khojaly Events on February 26, 1992 (During Artsakh-Karabakh Liberation War)
http://ara-ashjian.blogspot.com/2008/02/truth-about-khojalu-events-azeri.html
http://ara-ashjian.blogspot.com/2011/02/khojalukhojaly-tragedy-and-bakus-abuse.html
http://ara-ashjian.blogspot.com/2010/10/documentary-on-khojalu-khojaly-events.html
http://ara-ashjian.blogspot.com/2010/03/czech-journalist-rebuffs-azeri.html
http://ara-ashjian.blogspot.com/2010/03/embassy-magazine-azerbaijan-continues.html
http://ara-ashjian.blogspot.com/2010/02/karen-nazaryan-submitted-letter-to-un.html
http://ara-ashjian.blogspot.com/2010/02/armenian-side-exposes-azeri-lie-about.html
http://ara-ashjian.blogspot.com/2010/02/new-site-on-khojalukhojaly.html
http://ara-ashjian.blogspot.com/2010/02/khojalu-khojaly-events.html
http://ara-ashjian.blogspot.com/2009/10/khojalu-khojaly-case-special-dossier.html
http://ara-ashjian.blogspot.com/2009/03/truth-about-khojalu-khojaly-slde.html
http://ara-ashjian.blogspot.com/2008/07/internet-misleading-and-armenias.html
http://ara-ashjian.blogspot.com/2008/03/misleading-information-about-artsakh.html
http://ara-ashjian.blogspot.com/2011/02/khojalukhojaly-tragedy-and-bakus-abuse.html
http://ara-ashjian.blogspot.com/2010/10/documentary-on-khojalu-khojaly-events.html
http://ara-ashjian.blogspot.com/2010/03/czech-journalist-rebuffs-azeri.html
http://ara-ashjian.blogspot.com/2010/03/embassy-magazine-azerbaijan-continues.html
http://ara-ashjian.blogspot.com/2010/02/karen-nazaryan-submitted-letter-to-un.html
http://ara-ashjian.blogspot.com/2010/02/armenian-side-exposes-azeri-lie-about.html
http://ara-ashjian.blogspot.com/2010/02/new-site-on-khojalukhojaly.html
http://ara-ashjian.blogspot.com/2010/02/khojalu-khojaly-events.html
http://ara-ashjian.blogspot.com/2009/10/khojalu-khojaly-case-special-dossier.html
http://ara-ashjian.blogspot.com/2009/03/truth-about-khojalu-khojaly-slde.html
http://ara-ashjian.blogspot.com/2008/07/internet-misleading-and-armenias.html
http://ara-ashjian.blogspot.com/2008/03/misleading-information-about-artsakh.html
Azeri Envoy Urges Georgia to Restict Armenia’s Access to Black Sea- My Comment
http://asbarez.com/93634/azeri-envoy-urges-georgia-to-restict-armenia%E2%80%99s-access-to-black-sea/comment-page-1/#comment-504871
My Comment:
My Comment:
The Azeris try to show they are “concerned” about Georgia’s territorial integrity. I think the Georgian government should give a harsh response to the statement the Azerbaijan’s “ambassador” in Tbilisi Namig Aliyev made to the Azerbaijani news agency. Aliyev should be reminded not to give “advice” to other states on what should they follow in their foreign or tourism policies. After blockading Armenia and Artsakh-Karabakh Republic, Azerbaijan “urges” Armenia’s neighbor countries to follow the same policy and interferes in Armenia’s relations with these countries. Azerbaijan’s efforts with Iran had failed, while it was gravely “concerned” that Armenia-Turkey notorious protocols could pave the way to Armenia’s borders opening with Turkey. It is clear what Azerbaijan’s diplomatic missions in other countries are busy with; interfering in those countries affairs and spying on their Armenian communities.
Friday, February 25, 2011
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
I Love Armenia
I love Armenia. This is my Homeland I ever dreamed in my life to live in, which became a reality. I do my best, with my colleagues in work, to serve Armenia through the rehabilitation of its irrigation infrastructure and before that its bridges and highways. I am very proud to do that for my Homeland. May God help me in this task.
Monday, February 21, 2011
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Thursday, February 17, 2011
When will Turkish Journalists’ Union mention the Armenian journalists killed in 1915?
.:: Armenpress ::.: "When will Turkish Journalists’ Union mention the Armenian journalists killed in 1915?"
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Ragib Zarakoglu: Recognition of the Armenian Genocide will dignify Turkey
Public Radio of Armenia: "Ragib Zarakoglu: Recognition of the Armenian Genocide will dignify Turkey"
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Saturday, February 12, 2011
متظاهرو الكمالية والعبيدي يقطعون طريق (بغداد ـ بعقوبة) القديم
متظاهرو الكمالية والعبيدي يقطعون طريق (بغداد ـ بعقوبة) القديم: "متظاهرو الكمالية والعبيدي يقطعون طريق (بغداد ـ بعقوبة) القديم"
اندلاع ثورة الغضب العراقي ضد حكومة الفساد وانعدام الخدمات
اندلاع ثورة الغضب العراقي ضد حكومة الفساد وانعدام الخدمات: "اندلاع ثورة الغضب العراقي ضد حكومة الفساد وانعدام الخدمات"
The events of Tunisia and Egypt affect Iraq and other Arab states- My opinion
These events are also affecting the situation in Iraq and other Arab states. Similar big protests are to be organized in Baghdad in February 25, following small protests happened previously. This will have its impact, however, the dramatic change will be more difficult in Iraq due to the sectarian differences deepened in the last eight years, foreign states' interference in Iraq's domestic affairs and that the dominant politicians may claim that change should only come through democratic elections. Anyway, unexpected changes may also take place in Iraq similar to what happened in Tunisia and Egypt.
Friday, February 11, 2011
The peoples of Tunisia and Egypt stand up-Comment
What I predicted has happened now (see my post on January 30, 2011)!! The Oppressor is removed. Congratulations to the people of Egypt for the victory of their revolution!!
جمهورية كاراباخ الجبلية في ضوء القانون الدولي
aztagarabic.com » Blog Archive » جمهورية كاراباخ الجبلية في ضوء القانون الدولي: "جمهورية كاراباخ الجبلية في ضوء القانون الدولي"
Thursday, February 10, 2011
هل كان العادلي وراء تفجير كنيسة القديسين؟!
هل كان العادلي وراء تفجير كنيسة القديسين؟!: "هل كان العادلي وراء تفجير كنيسة القديسين؟!"
Wednesday, February 09, 2011
الكاتب والناقد التركي عثمان كوكير يقيم في كلينديل معرض البطاقات البريدية عن الأرمن في القيصرية العثمانية
Public Radio of Armenia: "الكاتب والناقد التركي عثمان كوكير يقيم في كلينديل معرض البطاقات البريدية عن الأرمن في القيصرية العثمانية"
أدوارد نالبنديان: ما حصل في جنوب السودان مثال آخر لحق إرادة الشعوب
AZG Daily: "أدوارد نالبنديان: ما حصل في جنوب السودان مثال آخر لحق إرادة الشعوب"
Tuesday, February 08, 2011
هل تتوافق التشريعات الداخلية لأذربيجان مع القانون الدولي بشأن كاراباخ الجبلية
AZG Daily: "هل تتوافق التشريعات الداخلية لأذربيجان مع القانون الدولي بشأن كاراباخ الجبلية"
لايوجد أي معنى لبيان زعيم الجالية الأذربيجانية في غاراباغ بايرام سافاروف الذي زعم أن الأرمن المقيمين في غاراباغ يرغبون العيش حسب القوانين الأذربيجانية
Public Radio of Armenia: "لايوجد أي معنى لبيان زعيم الجالية الأذربيجانية في غاراباغ بايرام سافاروف الذي زعم أن الأرمن المقيمين في غاراباغ يرغبون العيش حسب القوانين الأذربيجانية"
الاختصاصي في مجال الدراسات التركية روبين ميلكونيان يعلن أن سياسة النفي التركية قد فشلت
Public Radio of Armenia: "الاختصاصي في مجال الدراسات التركية روبين ميلكونيان يعلن أن سياسة النفي التركية قد فشلت"
الجالية الأرمنية في الولايات المتحدة ستواصل إحتجاجاتها على تعيين ميتيو برايزا سفيراً للولايات المتحدة في أذربيجان
Public Radio of Armenia: "الجالية الأرمنية في الولايات المتحدة ستواصل إحتجاجاتها على تعيين ميتيو برايزا سفيراً للولايات المتحدة في أذربيجان"
وزير التكامل السويدي أخرج مقطعاً من كلمته حول المجزرة الأرمنية بضغط من الأتراك
Public Radio of Armenia: "وزير التكامل السويدي أخرج مقطعاً من كلمته حول المجزرة الأرمنية بضغط من الأتراك"
لقاء قناة الحرة مع المحامى القبطى ممدوح رمزى وبلاغ يتهم فية العادلى بتفجير كنيسة القديسين
فيديو هام جدا : لقاء قناة الحرة مع المحامى القبطى ممدوح رمزى وبلاغ يتهم فية العادلى بتفجير كنيسة القديسين: "لقاء قناة الحرة مع المحامى القبطى ممدوح رمزى وبلاغ يتهم فية العادلى بتفجير كنيسة القديسين"
Sunday, February 06, 2011
السلطات الأرمينية تجري مباحثات مع نجوم عالميين حول مشاركتهم في حفل فني مكرس لمجزرة الأرمن
Public Radio of Armenia: "السلطات الأرمينية تجري مباحثات مع نجوم عالميين حول مشاركتهم في حفل فني مكرس لمجزرة الأرمن"
Saturday, February 05, 2011
أحداث مصر تدعو إلى التفكير ماهي التغييرات التي قد تحدث في المنطقة
Public Radio of Armenia: "أحداث مصر تدعو إلى التفكير ماهي التغييرات التي قد تحدث في المنطقة"
Friday, February 04, 2011
المخابرات البريطانية: الداخلية المصرية فجرت الكنيسة | قناة العالم الاخباریة
المخابرات البريطانية: الداخلية المصرية فجرت الكنيسة | قناة العالم الاخباریة: "المخابرات البريطانية: الداخلية المصرية فجرت الكنيسة"
Thursday, February 03, 2011
جميل حنا - الكاتب والباحث كمال يالجين ومذابح إبادة المسيحيين في الإمبراطورية العثمانية
جميل حنا - الكاتب والباحث كمال يالجين ومذابح إبادة المسيحيين في الإمبراطورية العثمانية: "الكاتب والباحث كمال يالجين ومذابح إبادة المسيحيين في الإمبراطورية العثمانية"
Wednesday, February 02, 2011
Tuesday, February 01, 2011
Turks and Germans: Partners in Crime and Allies in Court
By Harut Sassounian
Publisher, The California Courier
Last month, when German life insurance companies requested a rehearing from a Federal Court of Appeals, contesting its decision in favor of Armenian claimants, the Republic of Turkey filed an "amicus curiae" (friend of the court) petition in support of the German defendants.
This was an intriguing development. The heirs of now deceased Armenian policyholders were suing German insurance companies; and Turkey -- not a party to the lawsuit -- was shamelessly siding with the delinquent firms. No one was demanding payment from the Turkish government! Why would Turkey, a foreign country, interfere in a U.S. lawsuit against German companies?
The Turkish petition is a 15-page-long propaganda piece that denies the facts of the Armenian Genocide. It describes the United States and Turkey as working "shoulder-to-shoulder," adding that 120,000 Turks reside in the United States, and that 700,000 Americans visit Turkey every year. The Turkish brief does not explain, however, how any of these assertions have any relevance to the failure of German insurance companies to compensate the heirs of Armenian policyholders.
The Turkish petition attacks the California law extending the statute of limitations on Armenian claims against insurance companies by heirs of genocide victims. It alleges that the California statute "offends Turkey’s sovereignty by legislating Turkish history and by declaring Turkey and its predecessor state guilty of the crime of genocide." The petition goes on to state: "Turkey resents having any U.S. legislature or other official formulate its own definition of genocide specifically to declare that Turkey or its predecessor state is guilty of this crime." Ironically, the Turkish government never expressed any resentment or complaint when 42 U.S. states and many American cities were recognizing the Armenian Genocide in recent decades. Ankara justified its inaction by claiming that its counterpart is the federal government, not individual states or cities.
The Turkish petition lamely claims that foreign states can not "monitor and react to the individual actions of fifty state legislatures and governors. Rather, Turkey’s interlocutor with the fifty United States is the U.S. federal government." It then quotes from Turkish Ambassador Nabi Sensoy’s letter to the Court of Appeals on December 4, 2008, stating that "Turkey has not as such protested state proclamations on this historic controversy because it conducts it (sic) foreign affairs directly with the U.S. Federal Government, primarily the Executive Branch. We do not have similar relations with the states."
The petition falsely refers to the Genocide as "mutual suffering of Ottoman Armenians and Turks" and "wartime misery." It flippantly dismisses Pres. Reagan’s 1981 Proclamation acknowledging the Armenian Genocide, and omits any reference to the two Congressional resolutions of 1975 and 1984 recognizing the Genocide. Instead, the Turkish government proudly proclaims that no new resolutions were adopted on this subject during the Obama administration!
The Turkish government drops a bombshell by revealing in its petition that Prime Minister Erdogan had written to Pres. Obama on December 19, 2010, complaining about the Federal Appeals Court’s decision that "the position of the US administration is not against the recognition of ‘genocide’ at the state or federal level." This is yet another blatant attempt by a foreign leader to intervene in U.S. court proceedings. Interestingly, the petition discloses only a portion of Erdogan’s letter to Obama, claiming that "the balance of this letter constitutes a confidential diplomatic communication."
The appeals court should either reject the Turkish petition as unwarranted interference by a foreign power in American judicial proceedings or demand the release of the full text of Erdogan’s letter to verify the accuracy of the quoted portion and to confirm if it includes any other reference to the lawsuit. The Turkish government cannot hide behind "diplomatic confidentiality," as it has waived the claim of "privileged communication" by selectively disclosing portions of the letter.
In their petition, Turkish officials make the misleading suggestion that the Armenia-Turkey Protocols, signed over a year ago, "will seek to overcome all hurdles in their present relations, and jointly consider the historic controversy." The authors of the disingenuous Turkish petition cleverly conceal from federal judges the fact that they have not ratified the Protocols and have no intention to do so. Ankara is attempting to exploit the now defunct Protocols to quash a legitimate lawsuit against German insurance companies.
The Turkish government has attached two letters to its petition, one signed by its Ambassador to the U.S., and the other by the Chairman of the Turkish Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee. The Federal Appeals Court should promptly disregard both letters, along with the petition, as propaganda materials lacking any legal merit or standing.
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