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Cathedral in Moscow and Conference in Yerevan
By Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier I just returned from a three-day conference in Yerevan where 40 Armenian activists, journalists, and representatives of political, religious and cultural organizations from 18 countries (Argentina, Armenia, Artsakh, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Netherlands, Russia, ...
Is Russia a Friend or a Foe?
By Andranik Khachadoorian Over the past few years Armenia has, both on the political and economic level followed an increasingly pro-European path. The EU finances dozens of NGO’s in Armenia that promote the European way of life. The Armenian government itself has on multiple occasions declared that Armenia is an integral part of the European family.While Western countri...
Expert’s Final Words on Turkey’s Legal Responsibility for Genocide
By Harut Sassounian, Californian Courier With the approaching Centennial of the Armenian Genocide, there has been growing public interest in taking legal action against Turkey in international courts. One of the leading experts in this field was Dr. Yuri Barseghov, Professor of International Law, who wrote scores of pioneering books and articles on Armenian claims. Shortly be...
Japan and Turkey: On ‘Comfort Women’ and Genocide
By Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier The sleepy town of Glendale became the center of a major international controversy on July 9, when the City Council approved a memorial to ‘comfort women’ -- a euphemism to describe up to 200,000 young females who were forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese army during its occupation of Korea and neighborin...
Despite Lavish Public Praise, U.S. is Deeply Troubled by Erdogan
By Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier Some months ago I wrote a column titled “Obama is Exploiting Turkish Leaders’ Craving for Flattery,” explaining that the U.S. President is able to persuade Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to do his bidding by taking advantage of his weakness for lavish praise! Those aware of Erdogan’s authorita...
Of strategic missiles and easy money: Russia’s positioning in the South Caucasus
By Vilen Khlgatyan In recent weeks, important information regarding the military balance of power in the South Caucasus has come to light. On June 3rd it was revealed that Russia has stationed an undisclosed number of Iskander-M ballistic missiles in Armenia. While on June 18th media outlets reported that Russia has begun the delivery of nearly $1 billion worth of weaponry, wh...
Despite Internal Turmoil, Turkey Keeps up Genocide Denial Campaign
By Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier Some may have expected that the recent mass protests and unrest in Turkey would preoccupy its leaders with internal problems, distracting them from other important developments, such as Armenian Genocide issues. Regrettably, this has not happened. As tens of thousands of demonstrators angrily protested throughout Turkey, ...
Armenia Should Send Peacekeeping Forces to Lebanon, but not Mali
By Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier The Armenian Defense Ministry is considering sending two platoons of troops to southern Lebanon. Ministry officials are traveling to Rome this week to discuss the structure, deployment site, number of troops, and needed supplies with their Italian counterparts who are in charge of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebano...
Dr. Charny Dismantles Prof. Gunter’s Deceptive Genocide Denialism
By Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier As the Centennial approaches, Turkish officials and their cohorts are searching for more subtle approaches to deny the Armenian Genocide. Realizing that their past practice of outright denial is no longer credible, they have initiated a more sophisticated campaign that intends to raise subtle questions about the Armenian G...
Plaintiffs File Devastating Response To US Government’s Anti-Armenian Brief
By Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier Lawyers on behalf of Armenian plaintiffs responded last week to the U.S. Government’s brief which had urged the Supreme Court not to review a Federal Appeals Court decision striking down a California law extending the statute of limitations on Armenian Genocide-era insurance claims.The Solicitor General, on behalf of...
House Resolution Goes Beyond Genocide Recognition Seeking Truth and Justice
By Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier In a welcome move, four members of the U.S. House of Representatives have introduced a resolution that advocates a new approach for the pursuit of Armenian rights in Congress, going beyond genocide recognition. This new bipartisan initiative, introduced by Congressmen David Valadao (R-CA), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Michael Grim...
White House Files Politically-Motivated, Anti-Armenian Brief to US Supreme Court
By Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier The U.S. Supreme Court asked the Obama Administration last October if it should review a Federal Appeals Court decision that had struck down a California law (Section 354.4) extending the statute of limitations on Armenian Genocide-era life insurance claims. The U.S. Solicitor General, the lawyer representing the United S...
Tsarni Retracts Apology to Armenians, Breaks Promise to Rectify Earlier Claim
By Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier Armenians woke up on April 30 to the breaking news: “Ruslan Tsarni Apologizes to Armenian Community,” as reported by Alin Gregorian, editor of the Armenian Mirror-Spectator of Watertown, Mass. Prior to this apology, Tsarni had been telling the international media that “an Armenian convert to Islam had br...
Moles, Informants and Double Agents In Boston Marathon Bombings
By Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier The bizarre circumstances and dubious names in the Boston Marathon bombings have raised many questions that have yet to be answered by government officials and journalists. The most mysterious character is ‘Misha’ whom Ruslan Tsarni, uncle of the Boston bombers, described as an Armenian convert to Islam who ha...
False Accusation Linking Armenian To Boston Bombings Should Be Condemned
By Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier Many unanswered questions remain in the wake of the barbaric Boston Marathon bombings last week. In the absence of established facts, it is difficult to reach an informed conclusion and find a motive for the murderous actions of the Tsarnaev brothers -- Tamerlan, 26, and Dzhokhar, 19. It is interesting to note that Tamerl...
Remember, Remind, and Reclaim: Guidelines for the Genocide Centennial
By Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier Armenian communities around the world are gearing up for the Centennial of the Genocide on April 24, 2015, by coordinating their commemorative plans at the local, regional, and international levels. A Pan-Armenian Centennial Committee was established in Armenia two years ago consisting of the leadership of the Republics o...
Istanbul Patriarchate Ignores Armenian Community’s Religious Needs
By Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier The Armenian Patriarchate of Istanbul upset many Armenians in Turkey and around the world when it failed to send a clergyman to the recently renovated Saint Guiragos Church in Dikranagerd (Diyarbakir) to celebrate Divine Liturgy on Easter Sunday. St. Guiragos is not just any Armenian church. With seven altars and a capaci...
Experts Meet in Yerevan to Strategize For Armenian Genocide Centenary
By Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier Over 40 Armenian Genocide specialists from nine countries met in Yerevan on March 22-23 to strategize on how to devise a legal framework to mitigate the consequences of the Genocide, counter Turkish denialism, and organize genocide studies programs and museum exhibits. The conference was organized by the State Commission c...
Will Pope Francis Repeat Cardinal Bergoglio’s Words on the Genocide?
By Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier Shortly after Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio became Pope Francis I, Armenian and Turkish media outlets rushed to inform their audiences that the Argentinean Archbishop had acknowledged the Armenian Genocide on a number of occasions. When Catholicos Karekin II visited Buenos Aires on April 23, 2004, Cardinal Bergoglio join...
Bizarre Court Verdict: French-Armenian Guilty of Defaming a Turkish Denialist!
By Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier The Empire Strikes Back, not in a science fiction movie, but in a French court! For several years, the French-Armenian community has been trying to pass a law to penalize Armenian Genocide denial, similar to the law that sanctions Holocaust denialism. Even though the French Parliament and Senate have approved such a law, ...
In Arms in a Forgotten War
www.iede.co.uk A Soviet-era 4x4 snores down the muddy road to the frontline. It’s another foggy day in the flatlands east of the borders of the tiny and once autonomous region Nagorno-Karabakh, sandwiched between Armenia and Azerbaijan. The capital, Stepanakert (population 50,000), is 30 kilometres west. Azerbaijan capital Baku is 400 km east and Armenian capital Yereva...
Maximizing Armenian Capabilities To Overcome Major Challenges
By Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier The Voice of Armenians TV in New York (VOATV NY) held its second annual fundraising banquet on March 2, at The Palisadium in Cliffside Park, New Jersey. On this auspicious occasion, the television network’s Board of Directors honored Zarmine Boghosian, writer and Principal of Holy Martyrs Armenian Day School; Dr. Her...
Washington Post: "Will Kerry talk turkey with Erdogan?"
World media discusses Erdogan's latest announcement according which "Zionism is a crime against humanity".  World media representatives write analytic articles about the case. Washington Post especially writes:  "Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has a long history of making outrageous slurs against Israel. He got more attention than usual yesterday when h...
Azerbaijan Slams Turkish President For Congratulating Pres. Sargsyan
By Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier While Armenia is grappling with the fallout from the February 18 presidential voting and trying to accommodate a newly energized opposition, its two hostile neighbors, Azerbaijan and Turkey, are entangled in a feud with each other over the Armenian election. A year ago, in a column titled, "Who Rules Turkey: Erdogan or Al...
Heritage party about the Presidential elections
by Heritage Party Press Service On February 18, 2013, Armenia held Presidential elections. The next day, the Central Election Commission announced the primary results, which do not reflect the voters' will. According to the CEC, Raffi Hovannisian received 37% of the votes, to Serzh Sargsyan's 58%. Even according to CEC numbers, Serzh Sargsyan lost in most of urban polling stat...
Azerbaijan’s Shocking Discovery: Money Can’t Buy Everyone!
By Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier Money may help solve some problems, but does not solve them all. And sometimes it backfires! Azerbaijan is the perfect example of a filthy rich country using its billions of petrodollars to win over foreign politicians and individuals in all walks of life in an attempt to improve its shoddy image around the world. In fact...
Genocide is the Right Word, Justice is the Ultimate Goal!
By Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier Pres. Serzh Sargsyan’s comments generated much controversy last week when he reportedly stated at a campaign stop in Yerevan on Feb. 5 that ‘tseghasbanoutyoun’ (genocide) and ‘yeghern’ (atrocity) are synonymous. He asserted that Pres. Obama, without uttering the word ‘genocide,’ ha...
Will the REAL John Kerry Please Stand Up!
By Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier Some weeks ago, when Sen. John Kerry’s name was first mentioned as a possible successor to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, I cautioned Armenians not to get overly excited just because “a good friend” of the Armenian community could assume such an influential post. Unfortunately, it did not take long ...
Economist magazine referred to the Armenians in Turkey: The ghosts of 1915
By Economist MARISSA Kucuk was a little old Armenian lady who lived on her own in Samatya, a picturesque neighbourhood of Istanbul where Christians and Muslims used to rub along peacefully. On December 28th Ms Kucuk, 85, was found dead in her apartment. She had been stabbed, repeatedly. Relatives said a crucifix was carved onto her naked corpse. Last ...
Turkey should be kept in the dark on Armenian Genocide centennial plans
By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier It is no secret that Armenian communities around the world are busy planning scores of projects for the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide on April 24, 2015. It is also no secret that the Turkish government and its agents are closely monitoring all announced Armenian plans, so Ankara could prepare its counter-move...
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