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Lilly Torosyan
Lilly Torosyan is a freelance writer based in Connecticut. Her writing focuses on the confluence of identity, diaspora and language – especially within the global Armenian communities. She has a master’s degree in Human Rights from University College London and a bachelor’s degree in International Relations from Boston University, where she served on the ASA Executive Board. She is currently working on her inaugural poetry collection.
Latest posts by Lilly Torosyan (see all)
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This is very beautifully done. The main problem after living and breathing in Armenia is corruption!! That is the first thing that needs to be addressed. I am living proof of that since after moving here I have been battling the corrupt Armenian courts for the entire time frame(10 years now) I have lived in Armenia. There is no control over them and it is really out of control . If nothing is done, I will loss everything which I have brought and invested in Armenia. I will be homeless in Armenia because I believed in my country. I love my country and still do. I have spoken to many important people, in governmental positions and out and they all know this problem exists but nothing is being done about it. The Diaspora Minister, Ms. Hagopyan, told me why I hadn’t gone to her when I first got to Armenia. My answer was that the department did not exist in 2003!! She then said she can not help. If they can not help, then why do they tell us to come home. I have come to live here, raise my family here, start a business, create jobs, and invest in Armenia. All I have seen is corruption everywhere. Nothing is right. Everything is wrong. The whole country is out of order. It is chaos every which way you look at it. Please this country can not survive without a trustworthy justice system. Every problem steams from corruption. This is the only thing the diaspora needs to conquer and address until it is controlled. I don’t know what else to say, but that I am very tired of fighting for my rights in Armenia. I want to get out of these corrupt courts that has sucked me in and will not let me go. I have created 2 companies, work day and night. I want to do more for my country but I can’t anymore. I have lost the care I had when I moved here in 2008. Armenia has broken my heart, has raped me literally of my dignity and my hopes that I can make a change in Armenia. My main objective was to move here to create jobs but all I did was create a huge job for myself. That job was going to court, dealing with court paperwork, dealing with 2 sided lawyers, dealing with bribes, dealing with injustice, dealing with the pain of losing it all. The stop of corruption is the only salvation for Armenia and its future.
Great article. If we were concerned about where tomorrow’s Armenian leadership is, you have shown us great examples. Thank you.