My personal blog, my thoughts.
Exactly one year ago today, two young Azerbaijani men, Bayram Mammadov and Qiyas Ibrahimov, wrote anti-government slogans on a monument to Heydar Aliyev in Baku. The next day, they were arrested, accused of drug distribution and possession and sentenced to 10 years.
Meydan TV tells the story of these “monument prisoners”.
Read more “10 Years for Graffiti: Prisoners of Conscience in Azerbaijan”
CHICAGO, Ill. (A.W.)—In commemorating the 102nd anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, the Greater Chicagoland Armenian Community took an active in role in embracing our tragic history, culture, and faith.
Read more “Chicago Community Rallies in their Promise to Never Forget”
Leaked dispatch lays bare US diplomats’ less-than-flattering remarks about Mehriban Aliyeva
Read more “WikiLeaks cable sticks the knife into Azerbaijan’s first lady”
The beginning of the 90s. Battles were fierce in Karabakh and the surrounding areas. People came to power by walking over the corpses of their compatriots from Khojaly, adored by all Heydar Aliyev “The Bloody”, because he was the president of Azerbaijan. Having estimated the situation in the country and the permanent defeats at the battlefront, the first thing Heydar decides to do was to declare a total mobilization. Only this was not a mobilization like in civilized countries. Aliyev knew perfectly well that the people do not want to fight, so he ordered to forcefully force them to be dragged to the battlefield. The propaganda machine was then in its infancy and had little effect on the fragile minds of the population, but the decision had already been made. A decree was issued to grab all young people right from the streets and to send them to the battlefront!
The methods used at that time were similar to fascist. They would grab everyone indiscriminately as if the police were given not just an instruction, but a direct order to fulfill a definite number of soldiers to be sent to fight. The more rams they send, the bigger bonus they would receive. Therefore, even gray-haired and elderly people were grabbed, who did not fall under the age of conscription at all.
The capture
Read more “How soldiers were recruited in Baku in the early 90s”
It is clear to everyone that Baku wants to seize Karabakh by military means. Purchase of weapons, propaganda in the news of the alleged “great” victory of 2016, military training. Baku hopes that Turkey will help them.
On April 25, the Georgia State Capitol was crowded with members of the Georgia Armenian community, who had gathered for the annual Armenian Genocide commemoration event hosted by the Armenian National Committee (ANC) of Georgia.
Read more “Armenian Genocide Commemorated at Georgia State Capitol”
For years, the government of Azerbaijan has been showering politicians and dignitaries from around the world with expensive gifts, such as silk carpets, gold, silver, caviar, cash, and all-expense paid trips in exchange for their votes in favor of Azerbaijan and against Armenia and Artsakh. This illicit practice is so prevalent that Europeans describe it as “caviar diplomacy.”
Read more “Azerbaijan Accused of Giving Millions in Bribes to Council of Europe”
t’s easy to be skeptical about preachy “man must” movies. You know: “Man must” not make war. “Man must” not ruin the Earth. “Man must” not be cruel to other people.
The Promise (2016) is not a “man must” movie. Rather, it’s “must-see.”
Read more “Why the Armenian-Genocide Film ‘The Promise’ Is Crucial Cinema”
The endless trepidation of the Azerbaijani press, under the direct instruction of the president and the government, aimed at “chilling” the remnants of the population’s brains, will apparently last forever. And with each new news the story will change.
Read more “Fact! Armenians had to slowly collect their bags”
I will not write anything from myself. Just watch this video. I survived at that time, but how many could not?
This documentary film was created within in the project “Ordinary Genocide” and is dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the pogroms of Armenians in the capital of Azerbaijan. The film was based on interviews with refugees from Baku, which were conducted by the project team in the US. The main conceptual idea of the film is the inseparable connection of the events of the early 20th century in the Ottoman Turkey with what happened to the Armenians in Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh. The stories of the refugees also reveal the previously unknown details of the pogroms of Armenians in Baku.