For its Fall issue, the Armenian Youth Federation’s Haytoug publication sat down with Dr. Ara Khanjian for a candid discussion on the socio-economic realities in Armenia and how the nation could overcome the challenges that have relegated many of the country’s population to a life of poverty and social inequality. Haytoug: Armenia has been recording…
Views & Interviews
Foreign Affairs, Policy, Views & Interviews
The Use and Abuse of Armeno-Turkish Dialogue
DIKRAN M. KALIGIAN Armenian Review Volume 50 • Number 1-4 (Fall–Winter 2008) The issue of Armeno-Turkish dialogue has received international attention and been the source of serious controversy for several years. In the last five years, in particular, there has been a proliferation of civil society dialogues. But to determine which forms of dialogue are…
Policy, Views & Interviews
Introduction: A progressive commitment to the Armenian Cause
KHATCHIK DER GHOUGASSIAN Armenian Review Volume 50 • Number 1-4 (Fall–Winter 2008) When on April 7, 2006 the Armenians and the Left conference was launched in New York City, many asked what it would possibly be about. Yet the success of the event was such that the conference turned into political activism by, for instance,…
Armenia-Diaspora, Democracy & Human Rights, Foreign Affairs, Labour & Social Welfare, National Security & Defense, Policy, Views & Interviews
AYF meets with ARF-D presidential candidate Vahan Hovhannesyan
SPRING . 2008 . HAYTOUG . 03 — During a recent visit to the United States, the Armenian Youth Federation was able to organize a town hall meeting between Vice Speaker of the Armenian National Assembly and ARF-Dashnaktsutyun presidential candidate Vahan Hovhannesyan and the Armenian youth of Los Angeles. Portions of the question and answer…
Democracy & Human Rights, Policy, Views & Interviews
DECLARATION Regarding the September 1996 Events in Armenia
The political course of the current leadership of Armenia in regards to the Presidential elections, severely hinders the already fragile democracy and deals a heavy blow to Armenia’s international reputation. Under the veil of constitutional order, the right of the people are piece-by-piece being violated by the very leadership of the homeland. The accelerated pace…
Organizational Matters, Policy, Views & Interviews
ARF-Dashnaktsutyun Supreme Assembly declaration
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation adjourned its Supreme Assembly of Armenia on July 11, issuing a general policy declaration and a statement on the party’s position on the so-called “Dro” and “31” trials. Below is the translated text of the declaration: The Armenian Revolutionary Federation’s Armenia organization held its Supreme Assembly from June 28 to July…
Organizational Matters, Policy, Views & Interviews
STATEMENT on the so-called “Dro” and “Group of 31″ cases
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun Supreme Assembly of Armenia finds that the so-called “Dro” and “31” trials are pursuing political agendas and are aimed against the ARF. Subjecting the preliminary and trial proceedings of both cases to examination, the ARF-Dashnaktsutyun Supreme Assembly announces: a) Violating the principle of presumption of innocence until proven guilty, without waiting…
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The alternative: Social justice
Editorial ARF News May 1996, Volume 1.3(3) Since its independence in 1991, Armenia’s standing in the UN’s human development ladder has dropped from the 90th rank to the 130th, in 1995. The ultra-liberal policies adopted by the government are a main reason for this situation. According to studies recently published by the ARF Economics Analysis…
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ARF, parties issue joint declaration
The Scientific-Industrial and Civic Union of Armenia, the Democratic Party of Armenia, and the Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun issued a joint declaration, on May 13, 1996, on efforts to coordinate their activities within Armenia’s sociopolitical reality. The joint declaration follows consultations among Armenia’s democratic opposition parties, mainly focusing on discussion of issues relating to the forthcoming…
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Committee to Protect Journalists on the ban of ARF press in Armenia
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) recently released a report, Attacks on the Press in 1995, documenting attacks on the media and press freedom in countries around the world. The survey included the following analysis regarding Armenia: Armenia’s independence from the Soviet Union in September 1991 gave rise to the first independent media in the…
