Author Archives
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Response to Chris Pincher 4 June 2013 – Chair All-Party Parliamentary Group Azerbaijan
Christopher Pincher @ChrisPincher @Artsakh_Org_UK suggest you visit an IDP camp and meet the people who have been exiled from their homes and their families. I have visited 3 ======================================================================================================= Artsakh.Org.UK @Artsakh_Org_UK @ChrisPincher It applies to both sides! Have you ever… Read More ›
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The Insidious Politicking with “875,000” Azerbaijanis.
I have always been intrigued by the oft quoted number, by those sympathetic to the Azerbaijani perspective of the war, of 875000 people being Internally Displaced People (IDP’s) or refugees from the war. Also, the lobbying campaign to allow them… Read More ›
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Nagorno-Karabakh Liberation War: From Tragic Truce to Peaceful Votes
19 years ago, on May 12 1994, a ceasefire was finally declared to end the fighting in the terrible Nagorno-Karabakh Liberation War. Too many people had been killed, there was untold misery and suffering for millions of people throughout the… Read More ›
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Letter to Lord Laird : Deceived by Propaganda from Azerbaijan
On 30 April, the new Azerbaijani film ‘Xoca’ (Khoja) was screened at the Soho Hotel to over 130 Londoners, representing many sections of the capital’s multicultural population. The audience included H.E. Fakhraddin Gurbanov, Azerbaijani Ambassador to the UK, Lord Laird… Read More ›
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Armenians and the Genocide: An Englishman’s Perspective
On April 24th 2009 I was making the last preparations for my trip to Tbilisi in May of that year: the day was just like any other day – it meant nothing to me. A few weeks later as I… Read More ›
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Artsakh Youth Development Center – Seminar on Maragha Genocide, 1992
By Susanna Petrosyan President – AYDC ( Translation : Russell Pollard) On April 10 – In the office of Artsakh Youth Developemt Center (AYDC), a discussion was held, with representatives from Youth Organisations, about the events of 1992. In Maragha… Read More ›
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Artsakh Youth Development Center Visit Mothers of Missing Soldiers on Motherhood and Beauty Day
By Susanna Petrosyan : President – AYDC On April 7 2013, Motherhood and Beauty Day, AYDC (Artsakh Youth Development Center) members visited Mothers of Missing Soldiers in Stepanakert. After a short round table discussion with Mothers, AYDC members presented them… Read More ›
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Turkey’s Press for lack of Freedom: What chance for Artsakh?
I was intrigued by an article in last week’s Economist which was reviewing the state of Press freedom in Turkey. Many journalists have been sacked by their employers for crossing the line in the areas that they have investigated, however,… Read More ›
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Official response from UK Foreign Office to Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
Despite being given an assurance that I would be granted an interview with a Foreign Office official to discuss the UK position on Nagorno-Karabakh, this was subsequently revoked, and I was offered this statement. I shall continue to pursue them,… Read More ›
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Artsakh : Recognition through Common Consent
At a meeting with Franco-Armenian investors in Paris, Arayik Harutyunyan, the Prime Minister of Artsakh was reported to have said: “If we manage to end the year peacefully then that will be constructive, but in terms of concrete accords to… Read More ›