On April 20, 2013, one day after Epress.am republished Ara Manoogian’s article regarding the October 27, 1999 election fraud which resulted in enthroning Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians, Fr. Vahram Melikian, Chief Spokesman of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, [READ MORE...]

Source: Epress.am Date: April 19, 2013 Reverend Father Vahram Melikyan, Chief Spokesman of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, described American-Armenian reporter Ara Manoogian’s article, to which Epress.am referred yesterday, as “absolute nonsense”. In the article, Ara Manoogian says that voter [READ MORE...]

Ara K. Manoogian was the guest of Harut Bronozian’s Veradardz TV show on April 18, 2013. The topics of the discussion is the electoral fraud in the 2013 presidential election in Armenia, as well as the issue of boycotting Serzh [READ MORE...]

Mission Statement: Boycott Serzh Supporters is a worldwide, unaffiliated Armenian community group that condemns Serzh Sargsyan’s usurpation of Armenia’s presidential office for a second 5-year term (2013-2018) by rigging the election.

Many Armenian Apostolic Christians were very disappointed to see Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians, lay his hand on Serzh Sargsyan’s head, extending his Pontifical blessings to him on the occasion of the inauguration of the President of the Republic [READ MORE...]

This is a compilation of various fragments from Ara K. Manoogian’s cross-country trip from Los Angeles, CA, to Washington, D.C., for the sake of democracy and rule of law.

A roundtable on Election/Post-Election developments in Armenia was organized by Policy Forum Armenia, on April 8, 2013, in Washington, D.C.

The time has come for all Armenians to stand up and show our disapproval of all the organizations, media outlets, and religious institutions that have supported Serzh Sargsyan by legitimizing the clearly fraudulent election. The starting point should be the boycott [READ MORE...]

Author: Davit Mkrtchyan Source: Zham.am February 20, 2013 According to reliable information in our possession, yesterday, John Heffern, U.S. Ambassador to Armenia, has urged the Armenian authorities to refrain from covering up the whole range of election violations and to [READ MORE...]

  Dear family, friends, and colleagues, I have been on a hunger strike since March 17, 2013 to protest the recent premature congratulations offered to Serzh Sargsyan, by United States President Barack Obama, a mere 12 days after the Presidential [READ MORE...]

On the 10th day of his hunger strike, Ara K. Manoogian is guest of Veratarz TV show hosted by Harout Bronozian, on March 27, 2013

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Dear Mr. President of the United States, On March 2, 2013, the Armenian media disseminated your congratulatory message to the acting president of the Republic of Armenia, Serzh Sargsyan on being re-elected as the president of Armenia on February 18, 2013. Your [READ MORE...]

Source: The Burbank Leader Author: Alene Tchekmedyian, Times Community News Date: March 25, 2013 Ara Manoogian hadn’t eaten for nine days as of Monday, and he was prepared to go without food for weeks, or even months, more. Camped in [READ MORE...]

Burbank, CA – On March 21, 2013, Ara K. Manoogian, a human rights activist, visited U.S. Congressional Representative Adam Schiff’s office in Burbank, CA, to inquire whether there was any response from the Congressman to his open letter to U.S. [READ MORE...]

Ara K. Manoogian summarizes the most notable incidents that took place on the third day of his hunger strike.

Ara K. Manoogian started a hunger strike on March 17, 2013, as a sign of protest against U.S. President Barack Obama’s recognition of the Armenian Presidential Election 2013, which was marred with considerable fraud in favor of the incumbent, Serzh [READ MORE...]

This post includes comprehensive information and links regarding Ara K. Manoogian’s hunger strike that starts on Sunday, March 17, 2013, as announced in his Open Letter to U.S. President Barack Obama. FACT: On March 2, 2013, U.S. President Barack Obama [READ MORE...]

Reference id  aka Wikileaks id #243342  ? Subject Armenia Misses Another Opportunity To Improve Elections Origin Embassy Yerevan (Armenia) Cable time Wed, 13 Jan 2010 07:11 UTC Classification CONFIDENTIAL Source http://wikileaks.org/cable/2010/01/10YEREVAN19.html History Time unknown: Original unredacted version, leaked to Wikileaks Thu, 1 [READ MORE...]

Reference id  aka Wikileaks id #235119  ? Subject The Business Of Politics: Leading Enterprises Of Political Elites Origin Embassy Yerevan (Armenia) Cable time Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:00 UTC Classification CONFIDENTIAL Source http://wikileaks.org/cable/2009/11/09YEREVAN798.html References 08YEREVAN369, 09YEREVAN106, 09YEREVAN369, 09YEREVAN372 History Time unknown: Original unredacted version, leaked [READ MORE...]

Parev, Los Angeles! We call on the Armenian community of Los Angeles to gather near five Armenian churches in Glendale this Sunday at 12 pm and march (or drive) toward the Armenian Consulate General at 346 N Central Ave, Glendale, [READ MORE...]

In Glendale, CA, the third March of Solidarity took place in support of the struggle against the consequences of election fraud in Armenia, and with the demand to restore Armenian citizens’ right to vote outside Armenia, on March 10, 2013.

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Dear Mr. President, I would like to express my concern about your congratulatory message to Serzh Sargsyan, the acting President of the Republic of Armenia, on his re-election. Your message came 12 days after the Presidential Election, which was marred [READ MORE...]

Armenian Bar Association Chairman Garo Ghazarian’s speech at Rally for Armenia, kwhich took place at St Mary’s Armenian Apostolic Church in Glendale, CA, on March 3, 2013.

In Glendale, CA, a March of Solidarity took place in support of the struggle against the consequences of election fraud in Armenia, and with the demand to restore Armenian citizens’ right to vote outside Armenia, on February 24, 2013.

We, the Diaspora Armenians of Los Angeles, call on all the Armenian communities around the world to self-organize, initiating marches of solidarity and protests in support of our compatriots involved in the post-election movement in Armenia. Since February 24, 2013, [READ MORE...]

Followed by the March of Solidarity was the Rally for Armenia – With Our People, For Our People. Raffi Hovannisyan in Yerevan addressed the representatives of the Los Angeles Armenian community via skype at St. Mary’s Armenian Church, Glendale, California, [READ MORE...]

Dear Shepherds: Armenians are proudly known throughout the world as the first country to embrace Christianity. Since then, Armenians have made a handful of good decisions but none that have pierced the soul of humanity.  We now stand at a [READ MORE...]

/Translated from the Armenian Source: 1in.am/ Election fraud is fought not only by Armenians living in Armenia but also those in the Diaspora. A protest took place in Los Angeles, yesterday, with the participation of around 50 people. The protest [READ MORE...]

/English below/ Գլենդել, Կալիֆորնիա – Համերաշխության երթ է տեղի ունեցել Գլենդելում, կիրակի, 2013 թ. փետրվարի 24-ին, Հայաստանում պայքարող ժողովրդին սատարելու նպատակով: Երթի նպատակն էր Լոս Անջելեսի հայ համայնքներում 2013 թ. Փետրվարի 18-ին կայացած ՀՀ նախագահի ընտրությունների արդյունքների կեղծման մասին իրազեկումը: [READ MORE...]

World-renowned musician Serj Tankian yesterday wrote an open letter to Serzh Sargsyan with regard to the recent Armenian Presidential Election and its outcome. Below is the full text of the open letter. 

2013 թ. փետրվարի 21-ին 18:30 (6:30 pm) Լոս Անջելեսում ՀՀ հյուպատոսության շենքի առջև տեղի կունենա բողոքի ցույց ընդդեմ փետրվարի 18-ին ՀՀ նախագահի ընտրություններում տեղի ունեցած զանգվածային ընտրակեղծիքների, որոնք խեղել են ընտրության արդյունքները:

ՀՀ նախագահական ընտրությունների ժամանակ օգտագործված ընտրական դրոշմակնիքները հեշտությամբ ջնջման տեսանյութերի հավաքածու: Իսկ վերջում նկարահանված են մի խումբ մարդիկ, ում լրագրողը նկատել է մի քանի անձանգրերի դրոշմները ջնջելիս հավանաբար կրկնակի քվեարկության նպատակով:

/English text below/ Տեսանյութում հնչում է ՀՀ նախագահի աշխատակազմի ղեկավարի տեղակալ (իսկ 2011-ից` ղեկավար) Վիգեն Սարգսյանի հայտարարությունը արել է 2010 թ. փետրվարի 12-ին Վաշինգտոնում Ռազմավարական և միջազգային հետազոտությունների կենտրոնի (CSIS) կազմակերպած միջոցառման ժամանակ ի պատասխան նախկին ԼՂԻՄ-ի հարակից տարածքների վերաբերյալ [READ MORE...]

/English text below/ Տեսանյութում ես` Արա Խ. Մանուկյանս, երեք հարց եմ հղում ՀՀ նախագահի թեկնածու, նախկին վարչապետ Հրանտ Բագրատյանին մի արտահայտության վերաբերյալ, որը նա արել էր Policy Forum Armenia կազմակերպության կողմից 2009 թ. մայիսի 25-ին Երեւանում կազմակերպված «Դիմագրավելով համաշխարհային փոթորկին» [READ MORE...]

/English version/ Կարկառուն քվանտային ֆիզիկոս Վիլիկ Հարությունյանի մահվան մասին և դրանց առնչությամբ Սերժ Սարգսյանին ուղղված իմ երեք հարցը ներկայացնող կարճ տեսանյութի հրապարակումից հետո, News.am-ն այդ հարցերը վերահասցեավորեց գիտնականի դստերը` Կարինե Հարությունյանին: Լրատվամիջոցի փոխանցմամբ, նա վստահեցրել է, որ իր հոր մահվանն [READ MORE...]

/Հայերեն/ After the publication of the short video about the mystery of prominent Armenian quantum physicist Vilik Harutyunyan’s death, about which I addressed three questions to Serzh Sargsyan, News.am redirected the questions to Karine Harutyunyan, the late scientist’s daughter. She [READ MORE...]

Source: News.am Date: January 28, 2013, 18:56 Armenian version Vilik Harutyunyan’s daughter assures circumstances of her father’s death presented in the video are false For several days, some users have been sharing a video regarding the circumstances of death of [READ MORE...]

Աղբյուրը` News.am Հունվար 28, 2013 | 18:56 English version Վերջին օրերին համացանցում որոշ օգտատերերի կողմից շրջանառվում է մի տեսանյութ՝ կապված «Լազերային տեխնիկա»  գիտաարտադրական միավորման հիմնադիր եւ գլխավոր տնօրեն,  ֆիզիկամաթեմատիկական գիտությունների դոկտոր, պրոֆեսոր Վիլիկ Հարությունյանի մահվան հանգամանքների հետ:

Քաղցկեղից մահանալուց մի քանի ամիս առաջ հայտնի ամերիկահայ բարերար Վարդգես Պարսամը, ով 1988 թ. Սպիտակի երկրաշարժից հետո Հայաստանին առատորեն աջակցած սփյուռքահայերից մեկն է, իր ընկեր Արային որոշ մանրամասներ է հաղորդում

Բնապահպան Եղիա Ներսեսյանը «Բնապահպանական աղետի կանխում. լուծումներ անպատասխանատու հանքարդյունահանման խնդրին» խորագրով միջոցառման բանախոսն էր: Միջոցարումը տեղի է ունեցել Կալիֆորնիայի Շերման Օքս քաղաքում գտնվող Մերտինեան հայկական ավետարանչական դպրոցում 2012 թ. դեկտեմբերի 16-ին: Ներսեսյանի ելույթից հետո տեղի է ունեցել հարց ու պատասխան: [READ MORE...]

“Analysis of Political and Environmental Struggle” is an event that took place at Luna Playhouse in Glendale, CA, on December 10, 2012. The speakers were Tigran Khzmalyan, a film director, and Yeghia Nersesian, an environmental activist. A Q&A session followed [READ MORE...]

During his visit to the U.S., Yeghia Nersesian, a well-known Armenian environmental activist, made a presentation called Activism, Environment and Democracy Building organized by the Armenian Youth Federation at Glendale Youth Center, on December 8, 2012.

On the occasion of Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan’s visit to Los Angeles, CA, a protest was organized in front of the Western Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church of North America in Burbank, CA, against the deliberate indifference of [READ MORE...]

Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan walked up to activists protesting in front of the Western Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church of North America in Burbank, CA, where a meeting with select representatives of the Armenian community of the Southern [READ MORE...]

As the Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II encourages his flock to donate to the “Hayastan” All-Armenian Fund, being one of the members of its Presidium of the Board of Trustees, the Fund’s effectiveness is questioned on Facebook. The 24-hour [READ MORE...]

When he was appointed interim Chief of the embattled Burbank Police Department for six months, on January 10, 2010, Scott LaChasse did not know that this period would prove to be so elastic as to take nearly six times longer. [READ MORE...]

Seda Mavyan (SM) is a Nouvelles d’Arménie Magazine correspondent in Armenia. Nouvelles d’Arménie is a monthly magazine published in Paris in French. She had a meeting with Ruben Hayrapetyan (RH) on August 11, 2012 near a public swimming next to [READ MORE...]

One day after the publication of the scandalous video titled Armenian Aryan Order Defends Nemets Rubo by ttmbt.com/nemets-rubo, Armenian Aryan Order in Yerevan, Armenia, made an official statement. Below is the text of the announcement copied from the official website [READ MORE...]

Սա Ռուբեն Հայրապետյանին դատական կարգով հետապնդելու պահանջն արտահայտող բողոքի ցույց է, որը տեղի է ունեցել 2012 թ. հուլիսի 13-ին Լոս Անջելեսում ՀՀ գլխավոր հյուպատոսության շենքի առջև, որը գտնվում է Գլենդելում: Ցույցի ընթացքում միջնորդագիր է հանձնվել գլխավոր հյուպատոսի ներկայացուցչին: Միջնորդագրին կարելի [READ MORE...]

Armenian Radio Hour of New Jersey discusses the murder of Dr. Vahe Avetyan and Member of Armenian Parliament Ruben Hayrapetyan, a.k.a. Nemets Rubo, on July 8, 2012, in New Jersey, NJ. The hosts of the radio show are Khoren Bezirdjian [READ MORE...]

This video is a tribute to my father-in-law Saribek Martirosyan, who gave his life for the freedom of his family and the people of Artsakh 19 years ago. He lost his life along with Monte Melkonian, in the village of [READ MORE...]

This is the 23rd Annual National Meeting of the Armenian Bar Association, which took place on May 19, 2012, in Glendale, CA.

Five years ago, ahead of Armenia’s parliamentary elections, the publication of an interview with an elderly woman rocked the ship of the Armenian political arena very hard. If Facebook were as popular in Armenia back in 2007 as it is [READ MORE...]

Dear self-determined members of the civil society of Armenia, The Shahan Natalie Family Foundation and The Truth Must Be Told initiative support your persistent fight in defense of public interest in Mashtots park, Teghut forest, Kajarants village, Jermuk resort and [READ MORE...]

(Հայերեն տարբերակը՝ «Ազգային ինքնասպանությունը՝ ընթացքի մեջ»)   I asked a provocative question at the Armenian National Committee (ANC)  Grassroots conference, on November 25, 2011, regarding the catastrophic proportions of emigration from Armenia, calling it “the white genocide of 2011”. I [READ MORE...]

(Հայերեն տարբերակ)   A few days ago the cost of the “Stepanakert Elderly House Reconstruction,” an ongoing project of “Hayastan” All-Armenian Fund (HAAF), increased by 265%. This dramatic increase from about $400 thousand as of October 2011 to about $1 [READ MORE...]

(The French version, հայերեն տարբերակ) It has been a year since Sarkis Kotanjian, Executive Director of “Hayastan” All-Armenian Fund (HAAF) Western U.S. region, gave a TV interview, during which he made so many untrue statements about the Fund that I [READ MORE...]

This is a response to “Excessive Negativism and Constant Attacks Jeopardize Armenia’s Development,” a commentary by Benon Sevan, published in California Courier on October 13, 2011 (Read the original commentary) Benon Sevan, former Head of the United Nations Oil-for-Food Program, has provided [READ MORE...]

(the Armenian version) “Hayastan” All-Armenian Fund made an announcement in the summer of 2011 about launching a new project, which appeared controversial to me. The target was the Stepanakert Retirement Home, which was scheduled to undergo an extensive renovation thanks [READ MORE...]

 (The Armenian version) This is a response to a letter of resentment, titled “Correction: About ‘Hayastan’ All-Armenian Fund,” by Bedros Terzian, President of “Hayastan” All-Armenian Fund in France and a member of its Board of Trustees. “Correction” was published in issue #200 of Nor [READ MORE...]

Appendix to “To Donate or Not to Donate,” a white paper on “Hayastan” All-Armenian Fund By Ara K. Manoogian   As I was working on the final part of the white paper, Part III was attracting more and more attention [READ MORE...]

The tradition for not punishing the military personnel for violence has been set by none other than Colonel-General Seyran Ohanyan, Defense Minister of Armenia, on June 19, 2005. That day Seyran Ohanyan, then the Defense Minister of Artsakh, together with a number of high-ranking military officials—Samvel Karapetyan, Vardan Balayan, Artur Harutiunyan, Vladik Khachatryan, as well as current Defense Minister of Artsakh, Movses Hakobyan—subjected Artsakh war veteran Pavel Manukyan to a severe gang beating within the walls of the Defense Ministry. The incident became a scandal both on TV, and in media, however, it didn’t get as much public attention as it would today thanks to the social networks. Numerous articles were written about the violence committed by High-Ranking Generals, the Armenian authorities call on the their counterparts in Artsakh to conduct impartial investigation of the matter, former Arkady Ghukasyan promised to guarantee unbiased administration of justice.