ArmenPress reports that two Armenian citizens have been found murdered near Moscow. The deaths follow a wave of attacks on citizens from the South Caucasus and Central Asia although few details are known so far which could shed light on a possible motive.
MOSCOW, OCTOBER 9, ARMENPRESS: Two Armenian citizens, a man and a woman, were […]
Via Georgien, news of a report on Nationalism, Conflict and Minorities in the South Caucasus published by Minority Rights Group International.
It is ten years since the former Soviet Union Republics of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia became independent states of the South Caucasus. This report sheds light on a region which is under-reported and […]
Eurasianet covers Georgia’s local elections in the aftermath of the Russian Spy Scandal that has seen Moscow “punish” Tbilisi by closing the border between the two countries and persecute Georgian citizens in the country. Ironically, and to add to the damage that the blockade might cause Armenia, some of those citizens might be ethnic Armenians […]
Yezidis, Alagyaz, Aragatsotn Region, Republic of Armenia © Onnik Krikorian / Oneworld Multimedia 1998
UNICEF in Armenia have an interesting press release on their web page highlighting new moves to tackle the problem of minority education in the Republic. For sure, school drop out rates are higher among rural minority communities than for Armenian ones with […]
…that probably wasn’t the first point in Sahakashvili’s agenda. Still, that’s what Georgia is clearly getting out of the scandal: according to data from the Regional Electoral Committee of Akhalkalaki (the predominantly Armenian populated town in the Samtskhe-Javakheti region in Georgia), Akhalkalaki with 7052 voters will have 1 delegate to the regional sakrebulo (regional collegial self-government body), which is as many as the Georgian village Ptena with 204 voters.
Shamiram, Aragotsotn Region, Republic of Armenia © Onnik Krikorian / Oneworld Multimedia 2006
As a matter of interest, and especially for me as I recently returned from Tbilisi where I made contact with the Yezidi there, a film crew from from Georgia was recording the event. There was also a rather nice Yezidi girl, originally from […]
Shamiram, Aragotsotn Region, Republic of Armenia © Onnik Krikorian / Oneworld Multimedia 2006
Today saw this year’s annual festival in the Yezidi village of Shamiram. This was the third time I’ve attended the event and has become somewhat of a photographic “ritual” for me. Interesting to note that Shamiram still has no water and residents have […]
Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia © Onnik Krikorian / Oneworld Multimedia 2006
As previously mentioned, I’ve just returned from Tbilisi, capital of the Republic of Georgia, with Nahro Zagros, the Yorkshire Kurd. An ethno-musicologist visiting Armenia to research the musical traditions of the Republic’s Yezidi minority, when Nahro mentioned he was going to travel north with the […]
Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia © Onnik Krikorian / Oneworld Multimedia 2006
Sorry for the silence since the last post, but I’ve just returned from a few days in Tbilisi, capital of the neighbouring Republic of Georgia. Thanks to Nahro appaZagros, the Yorkshire Kurd who is documenting the musical traditions of Armenia’s largest minority, I had the […]
Embassy of the Russian Federation, Yerevan, Republic of Armenia © Onnik Krikorian / Hetq Online 2006
Until recently, Nessuna at the now defunct di cavoli e di re was posting some excellent and very poignant coverage of an increase in attacks on people from the South Caucasus and Central Asia in Russia. Now, according to PanArmenian.net, […]
