Armenia and the information war

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Armenian Community in Argentina Rallied Against Sumgait, Baku and Kirovabad Massacres at Azeri Embassy The Armenian community in Argentina rallied on Friday February 27 to the embassy of Azerbaijan to commemorate the 27th anniversary of the massacres of Armenians in Sumgait, Baku and Kirovabad and report the anti-armenian activities of Azeri diplomats in Argentina, Agencia Prensa Armenia reports. STEPANAKERT, FEBRUARY 28, ARTSAKHPRESS: "The killings, persecution, harassment, dispossession and displacement of the Armenians living in Azerbaijan until the late eighties constitutes a crime against humanity that the Azerbaijani State must take responsibility," denounced Ary Assadourian, member of the Armenia Youth Federation (AYF) in his speech. The rally was organized by AYF and was attended by over 300 people along with a number of political organizations that support the Armenian cause. Moreover, the commission for the centenary of the Armenian Genocide in Buenos Aires, a space that brings together all the institutions of the Armenian community, issued a statement days ago in which they considered that while "the Armenian people and their descendants in many parts of world prepare to commemorate the centenary of the worst disaster suffered throughout its long history," the massacres of Armenians in Azerbaijan "can not be dissociated from the discriminatory policies that the Turkish state and its allies develop in the South Caucasus".

http://artsakhpress.am/eng/news/13391/armenian-community-in-argentine-rallied-against-sumgait-baku-and-kirovabad-massacres-at-azeri-embassy.html

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Activists Turn Their Backs to Denialist Speakers at UofT
By Contributor on February 27, 2015 in Headline, News

TORONTO, Canada—On Feb. 27, Armenian youth held a silent protest at a lecture entitled “WWI 100th Anniversary-Human Suffering in Eastern Anatolia,” featuring genocide deniers Justin McCarthy and Bruce Fein. The lecture, organized by the Federation of Canadian Turkish Associations, was held at the University of Toronto (UofT), St. George Campus. Over 70 human rights activists from the university community, who made up the majority of those in attendance, held the silent protest by standing in unison and turning their backs to the lecturers. Over 70 human rights activists from the university community, who made up the majority of those in attendance, held the silent protest by standing in unison and turning their backs to the lecturers. (Photo: Ishkhan Ghazarian) The Armenian Youth Federation of Canada (AYF Canada), in collaboration with the Armenian Students Association (ASA) of UofT St. George and Scarborough campuses, and the Armen Karo Student Association spearheaded this protest action. An activist holds a poster that reads, "Denial Fuels the Cycle of Genocide!"An activist holds a poster that reads, “Denial Fuels the Cycle of Genocide!” (Photo: Ishkhan Ghazarian) Over 70 human rights activists from the university community, who made up the majority of those in attendance, held the silent protest by standing in unison and turning their backs to the lecturers. Protesters allowed the speakers to deliver their opening remarks. However, when it became apparent that the speakers would deny and misconstrue the factuality of the Armenian Genocide, the group stood up and turned their backs to the podium as a silent protest against genocide denial. Several racial slurs and discriminatory comments were directed at the protesters as they stood in silence. Lecture organizers briefly stopped the event, but after campus police made it clear that the form of protest did not interfere with the event, they were asked to continue. Protesters continued standing with their backs to the podium as Fein spoke, then marched out in an organized walk-out, leaving the remaining twenty or so attendees to listen to the rest of the lecture. The demonstrators then marched to UofT’s Anti-Racism and Cultural Diversity Office to voice their concern regarding the event, and to deliver a petition of over 2,000 signatures denouncing the event and demanding that the university distance itself from the organizers and speakers. The group had previously sent to the university a letter signed by academics, human rights groups, and student associations, including Hillel of Greater Toronto, the Greek Students Association of UofT-Scarborough, and the Hellenic Students Association of Ryerson University, demanding that this event be cancelled. McCarthy, who was previously turned away from the University of Melbourne and Art Gallery of New South Wales in 2013, has long been regarded as a mouthpiece of the Turkish state in spreading denial of the Armenian Genocide. Fein is employed by the Turkish Coalition of America (TCA) as a resident scholar, to similarly support and propagate the Turkish denial policy of the Armenian Genocide, and has penned several articles attacking the veracity of the genocide. AYF-Canada Chairperson Daron Keskinian said it was ”extremely troubling” that such an event took place at UofT. “As we saw today, the University of Toronto should distance itself from this event immediately. The lecture organizers have used the location to bring legitimacy to their event, and have been given free rein to present their denial propaganda at the expense of the University’s reputation,” said Keskinian. Lecture organizers briefly stopped the event, but after campus police made it clear that the form of protest did not interfere with the event, they were asked to continue.Lecture organizers briefly stopped the event, but after campus police made it clear that the form of protest did not interfere with the event, they were asked to continue. (Photo: Ishkhan Ghazarian) The ASA of UofT released a statement stressing that the event should be disconcerting to the university community at large. “In the interest of maintaining its integrity and making amends for this event taking place on campus, the University of Toronto’s President’s Office should release a statement indicating that they distance themselves from this event. The Armenian Genocide is taught at this institution and the University of Toronto should not provide podiums to those who are looking to legitimize their denial of the first genocide of the twentieth century,” read the statement. 2015 marks the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide and is being commemorated globally by countless organizations and governments. In 2004, the Canadian Parliament passed a resolution acknowledging the Armenian Genocide and condemning it as a crime against humanity. Founded in 1934, the Armenian Youth Federation of Canada is the largest and most influential Armenian-Canadian youth organization, working to advance the social, political, educational and cultural awareness among Armenian-Canadian youth.

http://armenianweekly.com/2015/02/27/activists-turn-their-backs/

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Expert: Azerbaijani side uses falsifications concerning 1992 Aghdam events, while Armenian side tracks and reveals them Panorama.am presents an interview with Anzhela Elibegova, Southern Caucasus geopolitics expert. - Every year the anniversary of the events in Aghdam in 1992 - which the Azerbaijani side calls ‘Khojaly’ - is observed in Azerbaijan and beyond its borders. How was this year different? - First of all, the 23rd anniversary was marked with some passiveness regarding massive and new events by the Azerbaijani side. Factually, this year we witnessed the duplication of all those standard propaganda mechanisms Azerbaijan uses abroad. It’s also remarkable that the Azerbaijani side increasingly prefers to change the costly events in places, where the Armenian side breaks with counteractions, with virtual space making use of the services of bots and paid advertising. - What new propaganda product appeared in 2015? - Except for the 10-minute video clip by the campaign “Justice for Khojaly,” abounding with mistakes and naturally lacking factual references, and a new music video, there were no other noteworthy examples of new propaganda product by the Azerbaijani side. Possibly, it is connected with the serious economic and financial problems the country experiences because of the drastic decline of the oil prices and national currency devaluation. It may also be connected with the domestic political situation. According to the information of the opposition media, Ramiz Mehdiyev, the authorities’ chief ideologue - the head of the President Administration - is gravely ill and was not able to supervise this year’s propaganda campaign. If both of the suppositions are baseless, a further decline of the rate can be expected in the following year, too. - Which were the Armenian side’s actions? - There is no necessity to reinvent the wheel. As long as the Azerbaijani propaganda makes loads of reasons to analyze and reveal falsifications regarding the events in Aghdam during the year, what remains to do in February is to make them available for the public. It is noteworthy that the foreign media covering the topic have begun to question the Azerbaijani version, bringing in the arguments of the Armenian side concerning the inconsistencies and contradictions of the Azerbaijani version. This is certainly a result of the painstaking work of a group of professionals who monitor, collect and analyze the Azerbaijani disinformation every year. It should be noted that to this day the Armenian side has not received a comprehensible and factual answer to any of the voiced questions regarding the doubtful circumstances in which the Khojaly people died at the Azerbaijani positions near Aghdam. And it is impossible to endlessly circulate one and the same falsification exceptionally emotionally, without operating on facts. - Particularly, what are they trying to falsify in Azerbaijan? - Any circumstance of what happened. For 5 years, the Azerbaijani side is continuously being caught on using photos taken at other occasions at a different time. It would seem that it is time to be ashamed and cease accompanying booklets and other printed material for distribution with the photos of the victims of Kosovo conflict, earthquake in Turkey, Hamas fighters, etc. Gratefully, they do not circulate the Rwanda genocide victims’ photos. But, wait; the representatives of the Armenian Diaspora have again seized such kind of flyers and posters this year. Suppose, there is no money to print new ones, but they can at least give up using the banners from the Armenian site Xocali.net - which reveals the Azerbaijani falsification – in their propaganda events. Moreover, the banner in English itself directly shows that; however, it seems those who use it have some issues with the knowledge of the English language. The above-mentioned site also presents new unmasking of falsifications based on the Aghdam events ‘eyewitness testimonies’ published during the whole 2014. As a propaganda product by the Azerbaijani side this year, the publication of a major book can be noted which contains ‘eyewitness testimonies.’ It is practically useless, because except for the Armenian experts unmasking falsifications, there are very few people who read such kind of literature, even among the Azerbaijanis. The Azerbaijani side can’t also make out its lists of casualties, which apart from differing from each other and containing names of sexually mature men who have taken part in military operations and those died in other circumstances at other times, don’t contain 613 names – the officially stated number. Moreover, the Azerbaijani propaganda ‘raised’ the number of the Khojaly residents to 7,000. Also, describing the events, they refer to the HRW report as an authoritative source. It points out a total of 300 casualties. This means that, according to the Azerbaijani propaganda, the remaining 6,300 people reached Aghdam quite safely. This can by no circumstances be qualified as genocide; besides, it also confirms the Armenian side’s claim of a humanitarian corridor’s availability. Considering the list of the 613 people and excluding women, children and old people from it in accordance with the numbers of the Azerbaijani side, we get 347 armed men, that is, more than half of the stated ‘civilians.’ - Does the Azerbaijani side react to the revelations? - The Azerbaijani side just prefers to ignore the questions which require simple logic; yet these questions do not cease to exist. However, the reaction of the Azerbaijani side is quite clear, as every attempt to make up a justification for inconsistencies serves another reason for the Armenian side to make a noisy unmasking. Actually, we have got into an infinite loop, where one of the sides, lacking facts, makes use of falsifications, which the opposing side vigilantly tracks and reveals.

http://www.panorama.am/en/interviews/2015/03/02/elibegova/

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Պուտինը ապրիլի 24-ին կլինի Երեւանում՝ Ցեղասպանության 100-րդ տարելիցի առթիվ
12.03.2015



ՌԴ նախագահ Վլադիմիր Պուտինը Հայաստան կգա՝ մասնակցելու Հայոց ցեղասպանության 100-րդ տարելիցին նվիրված միջոցառումներին: Այս մասին AFP-ի հետ զրույցում նշել է ՌԴ նախագահի մամուլի քարտուղար Դմիտրի Պեսկովը:

«Այո, նա կթռչի Երեւան»,-հայտարարել է Պեսկովը՝ հավելելով, որ Պուտինն այդ հարցը քննարկելի է իր հայ գործընկեր Սերժ Սարգսյանի հետ՝ մարտի 12-ին տեղի ունեցած հեռախոսազրույցի ժամանակ:

Հիշեցնենք, որ ՀՀ նախագահ Սերժ Սարգսյանն այսօր՝ մարտի 12-ին, հեռախոսազրույց է ունեցել Ռուսաստանի նախագահ Վլադիմիր Պուտինի հետ: Հեռախոսազրույցի ընթացքում երկու երկրների ղեկավարները համաձայնեցրել են իրենց առաջիկա հանդիպումների ծրագրերը՝ Հայոց ցեղասպանության 100-րդ տարելիցի եւ Հայրենական մեծ պատերազմում հաղթանակի 70-ամյակի կապակցությամբ անցկացվելիք միջոցառումներին համատեղ մասնակցության շրջանակներում:

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Պուտինը ապրիլի 24-ին կլինի Երեւանում՝ Ցեղասպանության 100-րդ տարելիցի առթիվ
12.03.2015



ՌԴ նախագահ Վլադիմիր Պուտինը Հայաստան կգա՝ մասնակցելու Հայոց ցեղասպանության 100-րդ տարելիցին նվիրված միջոցառումներին: Այս մասին AFP-ի հետ զրույցում նշել է ՌԴ նախագահի մամուլի քարտուղար Դմիտրի Պեսկովը:

«Այո, նա կթռչի Երեւան»,-հայտարարել է Պեսկովը՝ հավելելով, որ Պուտինն այդ հարցը քննարկելի է իր հայ գործընկեր Սերժ Սարգսյանի հետ՝ մարտի 12-ին տեղի ունեցած հեռախոսազրույցի ժամանակ:

Հիշեցնենք, որ ՀՀ նախագահ Սերժ Սարգսյանն այսօր՝ մարտի 12-ին, հեռախոսազրույց է ունեցել Ռուսաստանի նախագահ Վլադիմիր Պուտինի հետ: Հեռախոսազրույցի ընթացքում երկու երկրների ղեկավարները համաձայնեցրել են իրենց առաջիկա հանդիպումների ծրագրերը՝ Հայոց ցեղասպանության 100-րդ տարելիցի եւ Հայրենական մեծ պատերազմում հաղթանակի 70-ամյակի կապակցությամբ անցկացվելիք միջոցառումներին համատեղ մասնակցության շրջանակներում:

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I think this can be a good opportunity for Armenia. Since some of the western leaders are also going to be there perhaps on the sidelines they can work on solving their differences with Russia. Armenia can become a bridge where east and west come to meet and solve their issues.

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I think this can be a good opportunity for Armenia. Since some of the western leaders are also going to be there perhaps on the sidelines they can work on solving their differences with Russia. Armenia can become a bridge where east and west come to meet and solve their issues.

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I have been saying this for awhile and it amaze me why Armenia is not involved in political processes to make a bridge between the superpowers and save lives by not going to war. It takes political maturity and appealing presentation which......I am afraid to say.....we don't have. Sarkisian has done good in foreign affairs but still not a big caliber. Can you imagine Armenia handling peace process between Russia and the West. Turks will try to derail it.

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These shameless rats are now coming to Armenia just to deny genocide.

Newspaper: Azerbaijan delegation coming to Armenia at Turkey’s request
10:10, 14.03.2015
Region:Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey
Theme: Politics

YEREVAN. – Haykakan Zhamanak daily has learned that, at the request of the Government of Turkey, an Azerbaijani delegation will arrive in Armenia’s capital city of Yerevan to participate in the Fourth Plenary Session of the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly (PA), which will get underway on March 16, the daily reported. “Turkey was convinced that if the Azerbaijanis refuse to come to Yerevan, the Euronest PA will adopt, with no objections, a resolution on the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. “Now, the Azerbaijanis are coming to Yerevan for a specific purpose: to do everything so that the Parliamentary Assembly does not adopt any document regarding the Armenian Genocide,” Haykakan Zhamanak wrote.

http://news.am/eng/news/256959.html

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Armenia striving for diplomatic relations with Pakistan – Ambassador
Mon 16 March 2015 04:37 GMT | -3:37 Local Time

“Pakistan clearly states that occupied Azerbaijani territories should first be released”.
“Armenia is strongly striving for diplomatic relations with Pakistan,” Dashgin Shikarov, Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Pakistan Dashgin Shikarov told APA.

The ambassador said that Pakistan takes an unequivocal position on this issue.

"Pakistan, as before, clearly states that diplomatic relations can be established with Armenia only after the liberation of occupied Azerbaijani territories. This is an indication of value Pakistan puts on its relations with Azerbaijan and the result of the successful foreign policy pursued by President Ilham Aliyev. Azerbaijan's position on the world stage is enhancing, it gains new friends which unequivocally demonstrate their position,” he noted.
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Who the hell is Pakistan for Armenia to "strongly strive" for diplomatic relations? How stupid are these people?

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Armenia striving for diplomatic relations with Pakistan – Ambassador
Mon 16 March 2015 04:37 GMT | -3:37 Local Time

“Pakistan clearly states that occupied Azerbaijani territories should first be released”.
“Armenia is strongly striving for diplomatic relations with Pakistan,” Dashgin Shikarov, Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Pakistan Dashgin Shikarov told APA.

The ambassador said that Pakistan takes an unequivocal position on this issue.

"Pakistan, as before, clearly states that diplomatic relations can be established with Armenia only after the liberation of occupied Azerbaijani territories. This is an indication of value Pakistan puts on its relations with Azerbaijan and the result of the successful foreign policy pursued by President Ilham Aliyev. Azerbaijan's position on the world stage is enhancing, it gains new friends which unequivocally demonstrate their position,” he noted.
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Who the hell is Pakistan for Armenia to "strongly strive" for diplomatic relations? How stupid are these people?

typical Azeri fantasy news that as usual has no basis in reality. Pakistan: the usual favorite on the lists of failed states, a fine mixture of the dirtiness of India and the backwardness of Afghanistan.

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Newspaper: Azerbaijan delegation coming to Armenia at Turkey’s request

Azerbaijan refuses to attend Euronest PA session in Armenia

14:40, 16 Mar 2015
Siranush Ghazanchyan

Azerbaijan does not participate in the 4th Ordinary Session of Euronest Parliamentary Assembly in Yerevan.

“Azerbaijan’s refusal to participate in the session shows the country’s attitude towards Euronest, not Armenia,” Artak Zakaryan, Head of Armenia’s delegation to Euronest PA, told Public Radio of Armenia after the session of the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly and Civil Society in Yerevan.

“Azerbaijan has sent several explanatory letters to the Euronest leadership to justify it decision not to attend the session. Among the reason they have mentioned the European Parliament’s criticism of the pressure against civil society in the country, the Karabakh conflict, etc. I’m confident that representatives of Azerbaijani civil society have simply been banned from visiting Armenia. This reflects Azerbaijan’s attitude towards Euronest, not Armenia, and the European Parliament has to make conclusions,” Artak Zakaryan.

Before the plenary session scheduled for March 17, representatives of civil society from across the Eastern Partnership (EaP) region, Members of the European Parliament and parliamentarians from partner countries came together today to take stock of the achievements and challenges of the EaP policy.

The event examined the new strategic context in the region, individual countries’ aspirations, the successes and failures of the EaP to promote reform and democratization, and the contribution that civil society, the European Parliament and national parliaments can make to drive and monitor the reform process.

In the run up to the Riga Eastern Partnership Summit and the ongoing comprehensive review of the European Neighborhood Policy (ENP), the event also aimed to propose ideas for the reconsideration of the EU’s regional policy, its underpinnings and tools.

The issue of Azerbaijan’s absence was discussed at the forum, as well. The participants stressed that the civil society representatives should not miss the opportunity of joint discussions, irrespective of the problems existing between the two countries.

“The issue was discussed at the Euronest Bureau. A letter urging Azerbaijan to review its decision was sent to Baku, but they chose not to participate,” said Krzysztof Bobinski, Co-Chair of the EaP Civil Society Forum Steering Committee.

http://www.armradio.am/en/2015/03/16/azerbaijan-refuses-to-attend-euronest-pa-session-in-armenia/