Archive for the ‘Artsakh’ Category
Below is a petition with regard to the occupation of the Erebuni Police Station in Yerevan by the Daredevil of Sassoun on July 17, 2016. The corrupt and criminal regime of Serzh Sargsyan and his supporters have neutralized all the avenues for peaceful and legitimate development of democratic processes in Armenia. For years they have … [READ MORE…]
The Shahan Natalie Family Foundation, Inc. and The Truth Must Be Told, will be hosting a 12-hour special television program, “Inspiring Hope: Thanksgiving Tribute to Shahan Natalie,” on Thanksgiving day. Widely regarded as the President of the Writers’ Union of [READ MORE…]
“You know, all kinds of things have occurred in the Fund’s history. Again, very frankly, openly I’m talking to you: they’ve stolen money, eaten it, and what not. It has happened,” confessed Sarkis Kotanjian, Executive Director of “Hayastan” All-Armenian Fund [READ MORE…]
The Truth Must Be Told is happy to announce the publication of the third edition of “To Donate or Not to Donate,” a white paper on “Hayastan” All-Armenian Fund, including two new appendices. The paper is available for free at [READ MORE…]
TheTruthMustBeTold.com condemns the violent crackdown of the Artsakh police on the peaceful demonstrators, members of the Founding Parliament, the Centennial without This Regime movement, journalists, women and children, on January 31, 2015. The failure of the Artsakh authorities to prosecute [READ MORE…]
AZERNEWS picked up the November 27, 2014 1in.am new story titled “American-Armenians Boycott Armenian Fund Claiming A Normal Governmnet Is Needed Rather Than Donations” and put their own twist to it, placed it under the category. “Armenian Aggression”. By Sara Rajabova The U.S.-based [READ MORE…]
By: Sona Harutyunyan Today in Los Angeles the annual “Armenia” All-Armenian Fund annual telethon is taking place. Meanwhile, in different European cities fund-raising banquets have already been arranged, during the course of which a certain amount of money has been [READ MORE…]
On November 26, 2014, Ara Manoogian of www.TheTruthMustBeTold.com gave a telephone interview to Armenia news media outlet regarding the reason to boycott the “Hayastan” All-Armenia Fund. NOTE: Interview is in Armenian language A copy of the white paper on the [READ MORE…]
On November 23, 2014, activist hand out information about the “Hayastan” All-Armenian Fund to Diaspora donors as they arrived to the annual gala fundraising banquet. A copy of the white paper on the Fund can be found at http://www.thetruthmustbetold.com/wp-content/uploads/haaf-eng.pdf/
Azerbaijani Armed Forces Down Artsakh Helicopter Near the Line of Contact between Artsakh and Azerbaijan, in Agdam region, on November 12, 2014. Three officers were killed.
Alec Yenikomshian, former member of ASALA, member of Preparliament Secretariat, speaks at Tekeyan Center Foundation, on January 17, 2014. Video by Preparliament.com and the subtitles by TheTruthMustBeTold.com
For the sake of transparency and accountability, The Truth Must Be Told, a Los Angeles-based civil initiative, is organizing an audit trip to Armenia and Artsakh to examine the quality of the work carried out by “Hayastan” All-Armenian Fund, in [READ MORE…]
All-Armenian Tell-a-Thon was a 12-hour live show about corruption in Armenia and “Hayastan” All-Armenian Fund, broadcast on November 28, 2013, in Glendale, CA. The entire show is presented in 9 videos.
In Artsakh-related Facebook groups the most discussed topic is Artsakh government’s recent decision to allocate $250 thousand for upgrading its fleet vehicles, following the “Hayastan” All-Armenian Fund’s Telethon for the construction of Karvachar-Sotk highway. According to the sources, a vehicle [READ MORE…]
You will not find this video material online, as after a few hours of its upload it was deleted from youtube for reasons unknown to us up to now. It was several months ago that “AR” TV presented a short [READ MORE…]
“To Donate Or Not to Donate “Hayastan” All-Armenian Fund” is a video (with English and Armenian subtitles) touching on some of the topics discussed in the white paper on the Fund, which can be found at http://www.thetruthmustbetold.com/wp-content/uploads/haaf-eng.pdf/
Read the story here (https://thetruthmustbetold.com/attempted-arrest/) [READ MORE…]
The November 26, 2013 episode of The Truth Must Be Told TV presented the following: impressions and fragments from “Stop Armenian Corruption” Town Hall Meeting (Glendale Public Library, November 23, 2013); Ara K. Manoogian’s presentation about “Hayastan” All-Armenian Fund; highlights [READ MORE…]
BREAKING NEWS: Robert Avetisyan, Artsakh Permanent Representative in the U.S., falsely reports on U.S. human rights activist Ara K. Manoogian, causing a harassment by persons claiming to be Sheriff’s Deputies and an attempted arrest by the Glendale Police Department. Glendale, [READ MORE…]
Ara K. Manoogian’s video presentation about the white paper, To Donate or Not to Donate, which was shown at the Town Hall meeting, “Stop Armenian Corruption” on November 23, 2013. For free download of To donate or Not to Donate, [READ MORE…]
Return to Armenia TV Show of November 20, 2013. The guest of the show is Ara Manoogian.
The November 5, 2013 episode of The Truth Must Be Told TV Show is about Armenian corruption and whether it is worth donating to “Hayastan” All-Armenian Fund.
Armenian MP Zaruhi Postanjyan’s question to Serzh Sargsyan at the PACE plenary session, and his answers were analyzed during the October 8, 2013 episode of The Truth Must Be Told with Robert Davidian, film director and producer. TV viewers, as [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…]
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…]
/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…]
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…]
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…]
Robert Avetisyan, Special representative of Artsakh in the U.S., speaks at ANC Grassroots about army abuses, liberated territories, "Hayastan" All-Armenian Fund and youth. [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 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…]
This is a link to the white paper on "Hayastan" All-Armenian Fund, "To Donate Or Not to Donate?" in its entirety in PDF format. [READ MORE…]
White Paper on “Hayastan” All-Armenian Fund Part IV By Ara K. Manoogian (Read Part I , Part II , Part III ) This is the concluding part of the white paper on “Hayastan” All-Armenian Fund (hereafter HAAF, or the Fund). The final chapter explores how Armenian authorities have been shrinking Armenia’s potential of self-sustainment by … [READ MORE…]
at Veratarts TV Show, at Armenian Media Group of America Studio, in Glendale, CA May 25, 2011. [READ MORE…]
Click here for the ENGLISH VERSION [READ MORE…]
White Paper on “Hayastan” All-Armenian Fund Part III By Ara K. Manoogian When John Danilovich , Chief Executive Officer for the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), warned Robert Kocharyan on March 11, 2008, that the program may suffer because of Armenia’s retreat from democracy—the March 1 st crackdown, political prisoners—Robert Kocharyan, then the outgoing self-declared president … [READ MORE…]
Click this link for the ENGLISH VERSION [READ MORE…]
White Paper on “Hayastan” All-Armenian Fund PART II By Ara K. Manoogian This White Paper consists of three parts and is an analysis of a broad range of issues regarding the activities of “Hayastan” All-Armenian Fund. Its structure follows that of a TV interview given by Sarkis Kotanjian, Executive Director of “Hayastan” All-Armenian fund U.S. … [READ MORE…]
Click this link for the ENGLISH VERSION [READ MORE…]
White Paper on “Hayastan” All-Armenian Fund Part I By Ara K. Manoogian “To donate or not to donate?” That is the question millions of Armenians have been asking themselves on every Thanksgiving Day since 1992 before making a pledge to “Hayastan” All-Armenian Fund. Despite their willingness to lend a helping hand, numerous contributors tend to … [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.
ARMENIAN SOCIETY SPLIT OVER ARMY CONTROVERSY By Ara K. Manoogian Major Sasun Galstyan pulling a soldier's ear About two weeks ago a scandalous YouTube video of sadism in the Armenian army sent an alarm to thousands of people. Today it's their reaction to the 4 minute and 42 second video that is more alarming. The … [READ MORE…]
"Be The Change" - this is how Raw Radio titled its Episode 19, which is an interview I gave the online radio station about my activism on June 3. I believe it turned out to be a very informative 1 hour about a wide scope of issues, with which I have been concerned for the … [READ MORE…]
Monte Melkonian By Ara Manoogian “Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute,” Josh Billings, a 19th century popular American humorist, once famously said. But no matter how hard it appears to be, I have no other choice but to start a dialogue with a wall of silence, behind which Ted Bogosian the Truth … [READ MORE…]
By Ara Manoogian Monte Melkonian (May, 1993) Seventeen years following his martyrdom in Artsakh, Armenian national hero Monte Melkonian is once again a victim of defamation. I came across a very interesting interview on Radio Open Source with an Armenian decorated filmmaker and documentarian Ted Bogosian. The subject of the interview was Ted's vocation - … [READ MORE…]
Ted Bogosian is one of those uncommon journalists and filmmakers for whom the stark truth of the matter is all that counts. Truth at the far pole from truthiness. Emotional truth. Historical truth. Negotiable truth, which is to say: politically useful truth. Truth so awful sometimes that most of us -- whether victims, perps or … [READ MORE…]
Ted Bogosian is one of those uncommon journalists and filmmakers for whom the stark truth of the matter is all that counts. Truth at the far pole from truthiness. Emotional truth. Historical truth. Negotiable truth, which is to say: politically useful truth. Truth so awful sometimes that most of us — whether victims, perps or … [READ MORE…]