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Saturday, 3 March 2012

Keghart Update 5/14, March 3, 2012

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Monday, 20 December 2010

Free Nikol! & Judicial Scandal: A Test Case for Turkey

Free Nikol!



Nouritza Matossian, Free Speech Blog, UK, 2 December 2010

Last time I wrote about an Armenian newspaper editor who was abused and persecuted for exercising his right to free speech, it was Hrant Dink in Turkey, cruelly murdered for his courage and principles.

It is with horror that I am now writing to ring the alarm bell for another Armenian editor in Yerevan, Armenia.
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Source URL: http://www.keghart.com/Matossian_Ni


Judicial Scandal: A Test Case for Turkey


Muriel Mirak-Weissbach, Global Research, December 12, 2010

Is Turkey making progress in the democratization process? Has the September referendum led to reform of the judiciary? Who really rules Turkey? These are some of the questions raised, albeit implicitly, by a recent court case in Istanbul which has become a cause célèbre.

The case involves a Turkish-born German citizen, Dogan Akhanli, a former leftist opposition figure who had been imprisoned and tortured under the military coup regime in the 1980s. After his release and successful flight to Germany in 1991, he received refugee status and later citizenship. In the last twenty years he has lived with his wife and family in Cologne, working as a writer, translator, and social activist.

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Thursday, 9 December 2010

Turkbaijan Propaganda in Bloom & Keghart.com Update, 10 December 2010‏

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Monday, 29 November 2010

Your endorsement is kindly requested‏

Dear friend,

On 23 November 2008 you participated in a protest letter when Edik Baghdasaryan, Chief Editor of the Armenian daily Hetq (Track) and the President of Investigative Journalists’ Association of Armenia, was attacked by three assailants. See http://www.varnitec.com/petitions/hetq/index.html

Now Nikol Pashinyan, editor-in-chief of Haykakan Zhamanak (Armenian Times) daily in Armenia is imprisoned because of his political views. This is not only a matter of freedom of speech but a human rights issue. Please have a look at the open letter that will be sent to the authorities in Armenia and PEN and Amnesty International.

Your endorsement is solicited.

Please provide your name, city, country and any titles (profession) that you would add by return e-mail.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Respectfully,

Dikran Abrahamian


We, Armenians living in the Diaspora and our non-Armenian friends, are deeply concerned in the imprisonment of Nikol Pashinyan, editor-in-chief of Haykakan Zhamanak ("Armenian Time") daily in Armenia, and his treatment in jail. While Mr. Pashinyan's voluntary surrender to law enforcement agencies should have been duly noted by the Armenian authorities, the veteran journalist has experienced coercion while behind bars. We attest that these reprehensible acts of the authorities--aimed at silencing Mr. Pashinyan and punishing him for his political views--will have the opposite outcome, making the editor's voice heard more forcefully in Armenia and in the Diaspora. Deeply concerned with the treatment of the journalist, we are following the "judicial process" with vigilance, hoping that he will be released soon. Meanwhile, we demand that the Armenian authorities put an end to the unlawful acts against him and ensure his security.

Signatories:

Anne Abrahamian Sociology Student -Toronto, Canada
Aram Adamyan MSc ACCA - Toronto, Canada
Arayik Gyulumyan, CFA - Toronto, Canada
Aren Durgarian Oakville, Canada
Berge Minassian MD, Toronto, Canada
Brydon Gombay B.A., M.Ed., Ed. D. Toronto, Canada
Destiny Fersch DSW/PSW Saskatoon, Canada
Dikran Abrahamian BA MD - Penetanguishene, Canada
Edgar Manukyan, Doctor of Economics,Toronto, Canada

Gerard Paraghamian a.o.c.a. Toronto, Canada
Glenn Cameron MD FRCP(C), Penetanguishene, Canada
Grish Begian BA Elect. Eng. Toronto, Canada
Haig Baltadjian, D.D.S., M.Sc. D. Montreal, Canada
Haig Misakyan, P.Eng. -Toronto, Canada
Hagop Sevakian, Management Consultant, Thornhill, Canada.
Hmayak Arazyan, MBA - Toronto, Canada.
Hourig Attarian, Montreal, Canada
Hratch Tourikian PhC, KCSO, Toronto Canada
Kevin McGill, MSW, RSW, Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, Canada
Nayiri Tavlian, Consultant, Montreal, Canada
Norman Harutunyan – Toronto, Canada
Shirley Fersch RPN - Midland, Canada
Unus Ali BA, Midland, Canada
Vigen Ghazarian CFA - Toronto, Canada
Viken L. Attarian P. Eng. MSc MBA - Montreal, Canada

Vrouyr Makalian, B.C.L. & LL.B.
Yeran Tchelikdjian BSc - Montreal, Canada


Nous, Arméniens vivant en diaspora et notre amis non arméniens, sommes particulièrement préoccupés par l’incarcération de Nikol Pachinyan, rédacteur en chef du quotidien Haykakan Jamanak (« Le Temps arménien ») en Arménie, et par le traitement qu’il subit en prison. Alors que les autorités arméniennes auraient dû prendre en compte le fait que M. Pachinyan s’était volontairement rendu aux forces de police, c’est la coercition que le journaliste connaît pendant son séjour derrière les barreaux. Nous certifions que ces actes répréhensibles commis par les autorités – et destinés à réduire M. Pachinyan au silence et à le punir pour ses opinions politiques – auront l’effet inverse, et feront entendre plus fort la voix du rédacteur en chef, en Arménie et en diaspora. Très préoccupés par la manière dont le journaliste est traité, nous suivons avec vigilance le « processus judiciaire », en espérant qu’il sera rapidement remis en liberté. Entre temps, nous demandons que les autorités arméniennes mettent fin aux actions illégales commises contre lui et qu’elles garantissent sa sécurité.

Մենք սփիւռքաբնակ հայերս եւ մեր ոչ հայազգի ընկերները, խորապէս անհանգստացած ենք Հայկական Ժամանակ օրաթերթի գլխաւոր խմբագիր Նիկոլ Փաշինյանի հետ կալանավայրի մէջ կատարուող դէպքերով: Կը թուէր թէ արդարադատութեան մարմիններուն անոր կամովին ներկայանալը համապատասխան վերաբերմունքի պիտի արժանանար ՀՀ իշխանութիւններու կողմէ: Սակայն, ոչ միայն այդ տեղի չունեցաւ, այլեւ, ազատազրկման վայրին մէջ, անոր նկատմամբ հետեւողական ճնշում կը կիրառուի, ալեկոծելով հայ հասարակութիւնը ամենուրէք: Մենք կը հաստատե'նք թէ իշխանութիւններու՝ Նիկոլ Փաշինյանի ազատ խօսքը լռեցնելու եւ քաղաքական տեսակէտներու համար պատիժ կիրառելու այս դատապարտելի գործողութիւնները ճիշդ հակառակ արդիւնքը կ'ունենան, աւելի եւս լսելի դարձնելով Նիկոլ Փաշինյանի ձայնը թէ' հայրենիքի եւ թէ' Սփիւռքի մէջ: Անոր ճակատագրով խորապէս մտահոգ ըլլալով, մենք ուշադրութեամբ կը հետեւինք այս հարցին շուրջ տեղի ունեցող զարգացումներուն եւ յոյս ունինք զայն շուտով տեսնել ազատ արձակուած: Մինչ այդ, կը պահանջենք վերջ տալ Նիկոլ Փաշինյանի նկատմամբ գործադրուող բոլոր տեսակի անօրինական գործողութիւններուն եւ ապահովել անոր անվտանգութիւնը:

Saturday, 6 November 2010

How to Surmount Our Psychological Barriers & Keghart.com updates‏

How to Surmount Our Psychological Barriers
http://www.keghart.com/Editorial_Adamyan_Barriers

Keghart.com guest-editorial by Aram Adamyan, 1 November 2010

Armenians entered the 21st century with the internationally-recognized state of the Republic of Armenia, the yet unrecognized Republic of Artsakh, and an Armenian Diaspora whose population is twice the size of the Armenian homeland's (RoA, Artsakh and Javakhk). While Armenia wrestles with its multiple internal and external challenges, the Diaspora has numerous problems of its own, starting with the absence of unity and the risk of assimilation at the top of the list.

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Monday, 18 October 2010

Threatened Armenia Needs Diaspora Muscle & Keghart.com Update

Threatened Armenia Needs Diaspora Muscle
http://www.keghart.com/Editorial_DiasporaMuscle
Keghart.com Team Editorial, 18 October 2010

Continuous threats by Azerbaijan and preconditions by Turkey on resolving Artsakh's status prior to engaging in talks with Armenia, contrary to what was spelled out in the infamous Protocols, prompt us to consider the possibility of an attack on Artsakh and Armenia by our two hostile and belligerent neighbours. Is such an invasion unthinkable? There have been many martial instances when the “unthinkable” has materialized. The present context of rivalries and overt provocations by Azerbaijan cannot be dismissed with simple theoretical assumptions that negate such an attack.

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Thursday, 14 October 2010

Keeping Mum Not a Choice & Keghart.com Update

Keeping Mum Not a Choice Keghart.com Team Editorial, 11 October 2010
www.keghart.com

Some Armenians believe we should not discuss certain touchy subjects, our shortcomings and problems in the media. We should talk about our challenges in private, within our living room walls, in community centres, they argue. “Washing our dirty linen” in public assists Ankara to gauge our mood, concerns … and plan strategies to counteract our efforts. In an even more potent figurative language, they maintain that by airing our issues publicly we act like besieged people who wail their plight over the walls of the harried city, tipping the enemy of our vulnerabilities.
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Content:

* Keeping Mum Not a Choice Keghart.com Team Editorial http://www.keghart.com/Editorial_KeepingMum
* Առաջնորդութիւն. Եկեղեցական Թէ՞ Աշխարհական Պարոյր Աղպաշեան http://www.keghart.com/Aghbashian_Direction
* Corporate Cash Floods US Congressional Elections Patrick Martin http://www.keghart.com/Martin_Elections
* Վերադարձ Դէպի Ախթամար Գրիգոր Գրաճեան http://www.keghart.com/Krajian_Akhtamar
* October Crisis Haunts 40 Years on The Toronto Star Editorial http://www.keghart.com/Star_OctoberCrisis
* US Ambassador to Armenia Provides Food for Thought Avedis Kevorkian http://www.keghart.com/Kevorkian_Yovanovitch
* Testament (poem) Yeghishe Charents Translated by Tatul Sonentz http://www.keghart.com/Charents_Sonentz
* Սրբապղծութիւն Մը Եւս 21-րդ Դարու Սեմին Մինաս Գոճայեան http://www.keghart.com/Kojayan_Sacrilege
* 'Hoosk' Ripe for Reform Loosineh Markarian http://www.keghart.com/Markarian_HooskReform
* Մհերին Արդարութիւնը Հրայր Ճէպէճեան http://www.keghart.com/Jebejian_Mher
* A Song by Little Vana (video clip) http://www.keghart.com/VanaSoghomonian_GisherEh
* Fondation Hayastan Canada Inc. (Announcement) http://www.keghart.com/Hayastan_Announcement



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Monday, 20 September 2010

HAVE YOUR SAY!

Were Etchmiadzin and Antelias Catholici plus the Jerusalem Patriarchate right in not sending delegates to Aghtamar Holy Mass?

Shame in the Sun

Keghart.com Team Editorial, 1 September 2010

Another summer expires, and another vacation season starts to wind down, except for citizens of Armenia heading to Antalya, where the season continues well into October.

In 2009 some 50,000 such Armenians vacationed in Turkey, many of them in Antalya on the Mediterranean. In 2010 that embarrassing statistic soared by 30% for tourists headed to Antalya. Next year’s expected increase in the number of Turkey-bound Armenian tourists will be even more painful and incomprehensible to people who see the vacations as an insult to the Armenian nation.

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Thursday, 16 September 2010

Unveiling the 'First Holocaust'. Keghart.com Update

Unveiling the 'First Holocaust'


Katerina Cosgrove, The Australian, 10 September 2010

Travel to Istanbul or any of the Aegean coast towns of Turkey and you may think this secular, hospitable place with its pebbled beaches and Hellenistic ruins has no secrets. Travel east and you come to traditional Turkey, a land of headscarves and workaday mosques, a far cry from the architectural wonders of the Suleiman Mosque and Aghia Sophia.

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Conntent:

* Unveiling the 'First Holocaust' Katerina Cosgrove http://www.keghart.com/Cosgrove_FirstHolocaust
* Turkey’s Identity Crisis Peter Goodspeed http://www.keghart.com/Goodspeed_IdentityCrisis
* Armenian Plight Resonates in Australia Vicken Babkenian http://www.keghart.com/Babkenian_Plight
* Old Armenians Die, Young Armenians Fade Away... Lecture by Viken. L. Attarian (Announcement) http://www.keghart.com/Attarian_Cryptology
* Krikor Gayjikian’s Legacy Vahe H. Apelian http://www.keghart.com/Apelian_Gayjikian
* Fox News North is a Rancid Idea Heather Mallick http://www.keghart.com/Mallick_FoxNews
* Մենք Հոս Ենք Եւ Հոս Պիտի Մնանք Գրիգոր Գրաճեան http://www.keghart.com/Krajian_Yakoubiye
* The Killing Fields of The Armenian Genocide Lucine Kasbarian http://www.keghart.com/Kasbarian_Der_Zor
* Lebanon's Central Bank's Former Deputy Governor M. Bouldoukian Hamo Moskofian http://www.keghart.com/Moskofian_Bouldoukian3
* Native (poem) Ehab Lotayef http://www.keghart.com/Lotayef_Native

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Wednesday, 1 September 2010

Jurisprudence Re: Armenian Claims

http://www.keghart.com/Kragan_Call

Իրաւագիտութեան Կանչը


Լիբանանահայ Գրական Շրջանակ, 4 Յուլիս 2010


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United We Stand. Keghart.com update, 22 August 2010

United We Stand...Lack of united Armenian strategy in responding to initiatives that originate in Turkey, either through the state or private citizens, NGOs and institutions, is hindering the advancement of the Armenian Cause. Those initiatives are mostly treated as being destructive with a loss of appreciation of nuances of substance and heterogeneity of authors. Furthermore, there is a paucity of creative counter-proposals from the Diaspora resulting in missed “windows of opportunity”. Add to it the contradictory announcements and actions of the Armenian state, the church and media you have stasis for the Armenian Cause. ....Read more >>

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Dear Friends and Supporters,

On the evening of Sunday, August 15th, we had a very successful reception in support of Sarkis’ campaign as a candidate for Councillor-Ward 3, Richmond Hill.

Over 75 guests attended the event, including Hon. Bryon Wilfert, MP, Richmond Hill and his spouse, Mr. & Mrs. Allan Tonks, MP. York South-Weston, Mr. Reza Moridi, MPP. Richmond Hill, as well as Councillors David Cohen-Ward -3, Nick Papa-Ward 5 and his spouse, and a former MP./ candidate Lui Temelkovsky along with a former MPP. and a CIC Judge. Also among the guests were new Canadian citizens Mr.& Mrs. Parviz Tavazofar President of Tavazo Co.(Richmond Hill) which Sarkis had the pleasure of presiding over their Canadian citizenship ceremony.

Sarkis welcomed the invited guests and thanked them for their continuous and generous support. He specifically mentioned some guests, whose loyalty and support went back to 1988, the date he decided to run for public office.

Many of Sarkis' colleagues paid tribute to his many years of service to our community and Canada. They highly spoke of his dedication and commitment to his constituents and expressed hope that on Monday, October 25th, Sarkis will be victorious and a new political era will begin in the Town of Richmond Hill.

We hope that, you too will decide to join our campaign and if you wish to make a campaign contribution, please make your check payable and mailed to:

Sarkis4RichmondHill
39 Spruce Avenue

Richmond Hill, ON L4C 6V9

Please note that, all contributors must be 18 years of age or older and an Ontario resident.
The legally maximum allowable amount is $750.00

Once again, we thank all our generous donors and supporters.

website: www.sarkis4richmondhill.com

email: vote@sarkis4richmondhill.com