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28 June 2011

Armenia: Animal Activists Demand End to Stray Dog Killings

Written by Liana Aghajanian · Central Asia & Caucasus

In the last few days animal activists are making unprecedented use of social media in the South Caucasus by demanding that the inhumane killing of stray dogs end by flooding the Yerevan mayor's Facebook page with requests and appeals.

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21 January 2011

Azerbaijan: Bloggers remember Hrant Dink four years on

Written by Aygun Janmammadova · Middle East & North Africa, Central Asia & Caucasus

Wednesday marked the fourth anniversary of the murder in Istanbul of Hrant Dink, the Turkish-Armenian journalist, editor, and human rights activist who advocated for reconciliation and friendship between nations, and especially estranged neighbors Armenia and Turkey. This year, however, the anniversary was also unexpectedly marked by many bloggers from Azerbaijan.

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9 January 2011

Christmas in Armenia and Georgia… and on Twitter

Written by Onnik Krikorian · Central Asia & Caucasus

While Christmas was observed in the West on 25 December, other countries instead celebrated it earlier this week. In Armenia, however, it even became a trending topic on Twitter .

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11 October 2010

Armenia: Domestic violence claims a life

Written by Onnik Krikorian · Central Asia & Caucasus

The issue of domestic violence in Armenia is well known, albeit rarely spoken about openly. However, a video interview with the family of a young woman who died of injuries sustained after being beaten by her husband and his mother has shocked and angered many.

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24 September 2010

Armenia: Army forced to act after hazing video circulates online

Written by Onnik Krikorian · Central Asia & Caucasus

A video depicting what appears to be evidence of bullying in the military stationed in Nagorno Karabakh, a disputed territory situated within Azerbaijan mainly populated by ethnic Armenians, continues to circulate online, from YouTube to the Daily Motion website.

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13 September 2010

Armenia-Azerbaijan: Backseat musical musings… and ethnic conflict

Written by Onnik Krikorian · Central Asia & Caucasus

With the broadcast media heavily controlled in both Armenia and Azerbaijan there are few avenues left for independent journalists. Bloggers in both countries, however, react to a video posted online.

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30 August 2010

Armenia-Azerbaijan: More dialogue through film

Written by Onnik Krikorian · Central Asia & Caucasus

With national television in Armenia and Azerbaijan controlled by the authorities or government-linked individuals, there is little opportunity for independent reporting. Now more objective and human interest stories can be found on the Internet.

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16 August 2010

Armenia-Azerbaijan: Dialogue through film

Written by Onnik Krikorian · Central Asia & Caucasus

The free flow of information between Armenia and Azerbaijan since independence is obviously problematic given the still unresolved conflict over Nagorno Karabakh, but can new media move in to fill the gap?

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28 June 2010

Armenia-Azerbaijan: More Conflict Voices

Written by Onnik Krikorian · Central Asia & Caucasus

As mentioned in previous posts on Global Voices, new and social media is increasingly playing a role in facilitating communication between Armenians and Azerbaijanis online. Locked into a bitter conflict over the disputed territory of Nagorno Karabakh, there are few other possibilities for connecting other than meeting in third countries.

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12 June 2010

Armenia-Azerbaijan: Conflict Voices

Written by Onnik Krikorian · Central Asia & Caucasus

In the 16 years since a ceasefire agreement put the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed territory of Nagorno Karabakh on hold, successive attempts to broker a final peace have faltered. Could blogs and other online tools now offer alternative voices the opportunity to have their opinions on the conflict heard?

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Updates about Armenian

24 July 2010

Armenia

Unzipped: Gay Armenia continues to monitor the level of homophobia evident in the local media and comments on reports that members of the country's LGBT community meet next to the capital's municipality building.

• Onnik Krikorian

1 July 2010

Armenia

Following the recent controversy surround a music video clip which contained elements that many considered homophobic, Unzipped: Gay Armenia updates readers by saying the band, VO.X, is now on the defensive and has launched a damage-limitation PR exercise in response. The blog, however, remains unimpressed and says that “being a homophobe doesn't require courage in Armenia. Fighting for equality and against homophobia does.”

• Onnik Krikorian

9 June 2010

Updates

The Armenian Observer posts a video by a British-Armenian band, VO.X., saying that the song, I Love Armenia, contains some powerful messages. However, while Unzipped:Gay Armenia agrees to some extent, it also notes that the messages are not always positive. This is especially true for what the blog says is blatant homophobia which undermines the value of messages about poverty and other important issues facing the former Soviet republic. The blog notes that this is particularly ironic as the song uses a poem by a significant Armenian cultural icon, Yeghishe Charents, also but lesser known for his homo-erotic poetry. It has also has since placed VO.X in its Homphobia Wall of Shame.

• Onnik Krikorian

Armenia

In a guest post on the blog of Global Voices' Caucasus editor, The Caucasian Knot [EN/AZ/RU], Zamira Ayan Abassi reflects on life as an ethnic Azeri refugee from Armenia as a result of the conflict with Azerbaijan over the disputed territory of Nagorno Karabakh as well as her desire for peace.

• Onnik Krikorian

25 May 2010

Armenia

Posting news of a Armenian LGBT conference in the U.S., Unzipped: Gay Armenia also posts a photograph and comments on homophobic leaflets and posters from an ultra-nationalist group appearing in Yerevan, the Armenian capital.

• Onnik Krikorian

15 May 2010

Armenia

Following its removal from the airwaves by the authorities in April 2002 despite international outcry, and after already experimenting with short broadcasts via mobile, The Armenian Observer reports that A1 Plus has begun testing broadcasting online via Livestream.

• Onnik Krikorian

Armenia

The Google Translate Blog announces the addition of five new alpha languages for its online translation service, including Armenian, Azerbaijani and Georgian. Likely to be considered in the same way in Azerbaijan and Georgia, The Armenian Observer applauds the move even at such an early stage and says the service is especially valuable.

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3 March 2010

Armenia

Ianyan features a guest post by Fulbright Scholar and blogger Ashley Killough on the second anniversary of the deadly post-election clashes which left 10 dead in Yerevan, the Armenian capital. The post also includes an audio slideshow of the demonstration held to mark the occasion.

• Onnik Krikorian

18 February 2010

Armenia

Following even more examples of homophobia in the media in Armenia, Unzipped: Gay Armenia has started a Homophobia Hall of Shame. In the first new posting for the list, the blog details the homophobia of the head of one major local radio station and advises international donors to choose wisely who they support in Armenia.

• Onnik Krikorian

Armenia

Despite the controversy following Sunday's national song contest to determine Armenia's entry into this year's Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo, Norway, still lingering, the successful entrant, Eva Rivas, has launched a blog to accompany her bid at http://eva-rivas.livejournal.com/.

• Onnik Krikorian

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