Monthly Archives: August 2016

Is Armenia Becoming a Failed State?

Posted on August 18, 2016 by 0bserver

By Annie Demirjian, Senior Fellow It is quite shocking to see the pictures of handcuffed peaceful demonstrators in the streets of Yerevan but for a Canadian it was doubly shocking for me to see the pictures of the Canadian actress Arsinee Khanjian … Continue reading →

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Silence and Hypocrisy—Killers of Hope

Posted on August 4, 2016 by 0bserver

An urgent call for our Diaspora to demand democracy and human rights in Armenia. While many foreign and outside entities had appealed for a non-extreme response to the extreme actions taken by an armed group at the Yerevan police station, the Diaspora … Continue reading →

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Letter to President Obama

Posted on August 2, 2016 by 0bserver

The members of the Armenian community of Washington, DC, who took part in the public protest action on July 31 in front of the White House, sent the following letter to President Obama. The Honorable Barack Obama President of the … Continue reading →

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