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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
Artsakh issues : Diplomatic perspectives and sobering thoughts
It is well understood that the UK government has significant connections with Azerbaijan through the British Petroleum company and many years of investment in the oil industry in Baku, and therefore has a strong bias towards protecting that alliance. This… Read More ›
The ‘Khojaly Accusation’ of Thomas Goltz
I was intrigued by Shaunt Oozoonian’s report from the presentation at University of California, Irvine (UCI) called the “Khojaly Accusation of 1992”. This presentation included a viewing of the film by Thomas Goltz called “Azerbaijan through Foreign Eyes”. During the… Read More ›
Do Azerbaijani’s in London really understand about Khojaly and Karabakh?
Each year in London there is a short march by the Azerbaijani community to highlight their perspective on the events in Khojaly and this year I took the opportunity to witness it directly and to endeavour to find out more… Read More ›
Khojaly Issue : Letter to Chris Heaton-Harris ( UK MP for Daventry)
Chris Heaton-Harris is a Conservative Member of the UK Parliament and a member of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Azerbaijan. In February 2012 he was quoted as saying to the European Azerbaijan Society “I have visited Azerbaijan twice, and… Read More ›
Northern Cyprus and Turkic Hypocrisy over Artsakh
In my previous article “Azerbaijan’s insidious siege of Artsakh” I referred to the justifications made by Adil Baguirov, co-founder and member of the Board of Directors of the U.S. Azeris Network, for the shooting down of civilian aircraft in Artsakh…. Read More ›
Azerbaijan’s insidious siege of Artsakh
During my last visit to Artsakh in early January it started to snow heavily in the last few days before I had to return to Yerevan. The main road from Stepanakert was sufficiently covered in snow to prevent the throughput… Read More ›