Month: July 2016

ARF: No Retribution Should Be Carried Out Against Members of Armed Group

‘We Understand that the Reasons Why these People Have Resorted to Such a Desperate Step Are Deeply Rooted in Our…

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Armed Group Occupying Yerevan Police Station Surrenders to Authorities

YEREVAN (A.W.)—Armenia’s National Security Service (NSS) announced on July 31, that the armed opposition group, which had seized a Yerevan…

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Second Officer Killed in Ongoing Occupation of Yerevan Police Station

YEREVAN (A.W.)—A police officer was shot dead on July 30, in the ongoing standoff with the armed “Sasna Tsrer” group,…

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ARF Condemns Yerevan Clashes; Calls for Perpetrators to Be Punished

YEREVAN (A.W.)—The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Supreme Council of Armenia released a statement on July 30, condemning the latest clashes…

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Police, Protesters Clash Again in Yerevan; Several Rushed to Hospital with Injuries

Armenian Authorities Issue Ultimatum YEREVAN (RFE/RL)—Riot police clashed with hundreds of people late on July 29 near a police compound…

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Three More ‘Sasna Tsrer’ Gunmen Wounded

YEREVAN (A.W.)—Armenian law enforcement authorities shot and wounded three more gunmen who have occupied a Yerevan police station since July…

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‘Rise and Raise:’ Why Homenetmen Matters

Homenetmen is a worldwide non-profit Armenian organization dedicated to sports and scouting, founded in Constantinople in 1918 by Shavarsh Krissian,…

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The Need for Foreign Lobbying Reform

By Peter Sahagian Lobbying has existed in American politics since the beginning of Congress. It is a legal right of…

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Uncle Garabed’s Notebook (July 30, 2016)

Holy Cow! Tennyson had the British Empire for God, and Queen Victoria for Virgin Mary. … Lady Gregory   Let’s…

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Why The ANCA Works Relentlessly for U.S. Aid to Artsakh

Sometimes we lose before we win. Failure is often the price of trying.  Of striving. Ultimately, of achieving. Looking back…

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