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ARF Eastern US Central Committee Chair: Armenian Authorities Must Be Held...

YEREVAN (A.W.)—Thousands of concerned citizens have continued their protests on the streets of Yerevan, against the government’s adoption of a 17 percent rise in electricity rates. The Public Services...

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Kathleen Gasparian Fights for the Rights of Immigrant Kids

  Special for the Armenian Weekly This was my second time participating in the Annual Conference of the National Organization for Women. Once again, I was the only Armenian in the audience, but this...

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ABA Condemns Police Response to ‘Electric Yerevan’ Protests

Calls for Diasporan, International Vigilance The Armenian Bar Association (ABA) issued the following statement condemning the use of force by Armenian authorities on June 23, when the Electric Yerevan...

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Police Say ‘Electric Yerevan’ Protesters Will Not Be Forcibly Removed

Vardanyan: ‘It’s Important that the Movement Retain Original and Pure Spirit’ YEREVAN (A.W.)—Deputy Police Chief Valery Osipyan announced today that police will not seek ways to remove the Electric...

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ANCA Calls on Obama Administration to Break Silence on Aliyev’s Aggression

WASHINGTON—Within 24 hours of making a nationally broadcast hate speech, publicly laying claim to all of Armenia and Artsakh as Azerbaijani land, President Ilham Aliyev’s armed forces launched a...

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Photograph from Egypt Precipitates Flood of Memories and Reflections

Special to the Armenian Weekly Recently while going through my files looking for a specific document, I came upon a picture that brought up memories and made me reflect on what my generation—now in our...

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Russian Serviceman Permyakov to Be Tried by an Armenian Court for Gyumri...

YEREVAN (A.W.)—State prosecutors confirmed today that Valery Permyakov, the Russian serviceman accused of murdering seven members of the Avetisyan family in Gyumri, will be tired by an Armenian court....

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Armenian Soldier Remembered, Aliyev’s Aggression Condemned at Azerbaijani...

WASHINGTON—Armenian Americans from the Greater Washington, D.C. area condemned ongoing Azerbaijani aggression and honored the memory of its latest victim, Arman Yepremyan, at a June 28 protest in front...

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Young Activists Electrify Armenia: Lessons Learned…

When a group of young Armenians spontaneously gathered in Yerevan’s Liberty Square 10 days ago to challenge the planned increase of electricity rates, no one expected their protest to reverberate...

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Two Pilgrimages in Cyprus

The Monastery of St. Magar, or Magaravank as it is better known to Armenians, is situated high in the Kyrenia Range of North (Turkish-occupied) Cyprus. The annual pilgrimage to the monastery was...

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The Road Ahead: An Interview with Garo Paylan

ISTANBUL, Turkey (A.W.)—Three weeks after his election into Turkey’s Parliament on the People’s Democratic Party (HDP) list, Garo Paylan spoke to the Armenian Weekly about his path to parliament, and...

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European Court Delivers Ruling in Parallel Cases Filed by Armenians and...

STRASBOURG, France (A.W.)—Earlier this month, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled on two lawsuits filed by Armenian and Azerbaijani former residents of areas around Nagorno-Karabagh, who...

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Serda and the Wolves: One Woman’s Mission to Protect Armenia’s Wildlife

Special for the Armenian Weekly As an Armenian American, Serda Ozbenian, a current Fulbright Fellow in Armenia, brought her interest and knowledge of the treatment of wolves and bears in the United...

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Armenia Opens Probe into Police Violence against Electric Yerevan Protesters

YEREVAN (AFP)—On July 3, Armenian authorities launched a criminal investigation into the brutal June 23 crackdown on activists protesting recent electricity price hikes. The spokesman for Armenia’s...

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Indie Film Master Kupelian Embraces Vartanantz

MONTROSE, Calif.—Roger Kupelian may not be a household name in Hollywood but he sure has a following in the indie film business, which he’s cultivated for the past 23 years. Warrior Saints’ is the...

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Electric Yerevan: Police Unblock Baghramyan Avenue

More than 40 Activists Detained YEREVAN—Police moved in on the Electric Yerevan protesters still remaining on Baghramyan Avenue on July 6, unblocking the road and arresting more than 40 activists in...

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The Act, Pact, and Impact of Hrant Guzelian’s Book ‘The Youth Home of Istanbul’

By Gilda Buchakjian (Kupelian) PARAMUS, N.J.—“Act, Pact, and Impact” was the title of a three-lecture event sponsored by the Armenian Missionary Association of America (AMAA) at the Armenian...

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Socialist International to Take Action on Armenian Genocide Issue

NEW YORK—On Tues., July 6, the Socialist International (SI) Council, during a meeting at the United Nations headquarters in New York, decided to take action on the issue of the Armenian Genocide. SI...

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SARF Calls on Community to Mobilize in Support of Syrian Armenians

Armenians from Hasakeh Forced to Abandon Homes The Syrian Armenian Relief Fund (SARF) held a conference call recently with its counterpart in Aleppo, “SHDAB,” to confirm reports of the displacement of...

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Teaching Genocide Prevention through the Story of Near East Relief

An Interview with Karine Shnorhokian and Ron Levitsky Special for the Armenian Weekly The Near East Foundation (NEF), the successor organization of the Near East Relief (NER), recently partnered with...

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