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  TERRORIST ATTACKS IN LONDON
   Transcript of letter by His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians, sent to the Right Honourable Tony Blair M.P., The Prime Minister.
=  Statement from the Primate of the Armenian Church of the United Kingdom, Bishop Nathan Hovhannisian
=  Statement from the Armenian Community & Church Council of Great Britain.
   CLICK THIS LINK TO OPEN PAGE


 
                  HUMOUR:
 
         " Drive-In Take-Away"
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     Operating System -
                  Highly Technical Advice

             6th of January, 2006 
     ARMENIAN CHRISTMAS
  Family Luncheon Party
 Have an Enjoyable Christmas Lunch
   with Other Armenian Families at a
                   Beautiful Venue,
         Following the Church Service
                 Organised by the
        ACCC Ladies Committee
        CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS

HAMAINK The Newsletter for the U.K. Armenian Community  Published by the ACCC In Service to the Community                                                                        ISSUE No 4 OUT NOW  CLICK THIS LINK TO READ ONLINE IN .PDF   HAMAINK issue No.4 was posted FREE OF CHARGE to every address registered with the ACCC   To participate in community life and to receive all future community communications and news and so as to become eligible to take part in elections of the ACCC Council, every Armenian living in the U.K. should register with the ACCC.      Registration is FREE.    Please  e-mail your Name, Address, Phone No. and E-mail Address to:  REGISTRATIONS@ACCC.org.uk

 

 
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  "YERP KALIS E SEPTEMPERE"
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ARTICLES AND NEWS ITEMS OF INTEREST RECEIVED WITH THANKS FROM ARMENAG TOPALIAN: Turkey must relent - The Spectator Armenian Government Reports Further Rise In Foreign Investment No Karabakh Accord Announced After Armenian-Azeri Summit Argentine Operator To Boost Investments In Yerevan Airport AZERBAIJANI AUTHORITIES DECIDE TO HOLD ELECTIONS IN KARABAKH AGBU Builds Second Karabakh Village, Dozens Prepare to Move Into Border Region Aliev Sees Armenian Concessions After Azeri Military Buildup Church Restoration Raises Hopes For Turkish-Armenian Reconciliation Experts Warn Of IT Staff Shortage In Armenia  Armenian journalist faces three years jail for "insulting Turkish identity"

 

   About the ACCC
 and our Committees
    
 
  ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
       90th ANNIVERSARY
  COMMEMORATIVE EVENTS

   
   SCHEDULE OF EVENTS TO
    COMMEMORATE THE 90TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ARMENIAN
 GENOCIDE

The Community's Official Petition launched by the Genocide 90th Anniv. Commemoration Committee


THE HOLY ARMENIAN
 APOSTOLIC CHURCH

CHURCH NEWS
Press Releases from Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin

THE ARMENIAN EMBASSY
Embassy News Bulletin


HOLY TRINITY ARMENIAN CHURCH OF MANCHESTER WEBSITE

 
UNITED KINGDOM:

Prominent Benefactor and member of U.K. Armenian Community,
Mr George Kurkjian OBE passes away


'Early Day Motion' tabled in previous Parliament (EDM642)

Professor Hovhannisian - Lecture in London

Talk given by Professor Tessa Hofann at University of London

Statement by Baroness Cox of Queensbury

Armenian Genocide and Jewish Holocaust Commemorated in Wales

Mayor of London Ken Livingstone speaks of Armenian Genocide

Archbishop Y. Gizirian visits London

Community members receive Pontifical Honours

TURKEY:

Erdogan-Hurriyet Interview:

Pastor shocks Turkish TV viewers by bold remarks on Genocide


Turkish Publisher charged for publishing book by Armenian author

Ancient Armenian Church in danger of collapse

GENOCIDE:

Turkey's Memory Lapse -
ARMENIAN GENOCIDE PLAGUES ANKARA 90YEARS ON
By Bernhard Zand
Article published in Spiegel Online

Link to "Turkish Crimes of Our Century - chronology - details

French MEP calls on Turkish Deputies to recognise Armenian Genocide
 

GENERAL:
' Lessons of Genocide: 1915, 1994 & 2005' Click this link to read an edited version of a recent academic presentation dated 25 May 2005 by Dr Harry Hagopian.  The article examines his views on many salient points in the genocide discourse.


Israel is among the holocaust deniers :  Editorial in HAARETZ By Yossi Sarid


TEN YEARS SHY OF A CENTURY!
The Armenian Genocide 1915
BY DR HARRY HAGOPIAN
  " It is my contention today that no genocide can be unique since all genocides are reprehensible. This is why I believe it is in the Turkish national interest to come clean and recognise this genocide . . ."
" I believe Turkey cannot find inner peace so long as it denies the genocide. Nor can Armenians for that matter, which is why the souls of Armenian victims still cry out for justice today. . ."CLICK THIS LINK TO READ ARTICLE

"WAITING FOR THE DENIAL TO END"
By Dalia Shehori
Published in HAARETZ.com


Hovanness Badalian Music Fund

GROONG - Armenian News
Extensive Collection of News Items Updated Daily




ARMENIA:

President Robert Kocharian replies to P.M. Erdogan of Turkey

1,500,000 CANDLES

Armenian Jews celebrate Purim in Yerevan

OSCE Report on Mountainous Karabagh Strikes down Azeri Allegations of Resettlement

 His Eminence Archbishop Shahé Ajemian Enters Eternal Rest
 


UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIPS Available to Students from Armenia


 

BOOKS

BLUE BOOK - British Parliamentary Report - New Uncensored Version


Balakian: The Burning Tigris


Galichian: Historic Maps of Armenia

U.K. -  CAIA:

ACCC Organise and Conduct CAIA AGM and Elections - Report

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     Armenian journalist faces three years jail for "insulting Turkish identity"

Reporters without Borders, France
July 13 2005

Reporters Without Borders today criticised the current trial of a Turkish-Armenian journalist, Hrant Dink, for "insulting Turkish identity" and said the government taboo against publicly discussing the 1915 genocide against Armenians was a "continuing barrier to freedom of expression" in Turkey.

It said that with only three months to go before negotiations were due to start about Turkey joining the European Union, Dink risked being jailed under article 301 of the criminal code for publishing an article (on 13 February 2004) called "Getting to know Armenia" in the Turkish-Armenian bilingual weekly, Agos, that he runs. His trial began on 7 July before a court in Sisli, Istanbul.

The world press freedom organisation said it was concerned about fuzzy language in the new criminal code that could "easily be used against journalists discussing sensitive topics," such as the Armenian genocide or withdrawal of Turkish troops from Cyprus. 

Dink's article urged Armenians to turn their attention "to the new blood of independent Armenia," as the only way to free them from the burden of exile and called on them to symbolically reject "the adulterated part of their Turkish blood." Nine complaints for "insulting Turkish identity" had been filed against him by 16 April 2004 before the Sisli court.

"This trial is based on a total misunderstanding," Dink told Reporters Without Borders. "I never meant to insult Turkish citizens. The term in question was taken out of context and is only symbolic. The real subject of the article is the Armenian diaspora who, once they have come to terms with the Turkish part of their identity, can seek new answers to their questions from independent Armenia."

State prosecutor Turgay Evsen has called for a three-year prison sentence for Dink under the new penal code, which came into force on 1 June. Dink founded his paper in Istanbul in 1996 and it has a circulation of 5,500.