Comments on: Sumgait Commemoration http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2006/02/28/sumgait-commemoration/ Journalism and Photography from Armenia and the Surrounding Region Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:57:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Sanne http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2006/02/28/sumgait-commemoration/#comment-970 Wed, 01 Mar 2006 21:27:24 +0000 http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2006/02/28/sumgait-commemoration/#comment-970 wow I am amazed. You sure this is not a photoshop trick? :) wow I am amazed. You sure this is not a photoshop trick? :)

]]> by: Christian Garbis http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2006/02/28/sumgait-commemoration/#comment-961 Wed, 01 Mar 2006 15:41:05 +0000 http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2006/02/28/sumgait-commemoration/#comment-961 100-200 people tops. ;-) 100-200 people tops. ;-)

]]> by: Onnik http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2006/02/28/sumgait-commemoration/#comment-959 Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:54:19 +0000 http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2006/02/28/sumgait-commemoration/#comment-959 Actually, judging from the pic posted on Blogian at: http://forum.hayastan.com/index.php?automodule=blog&blogid=2&showentry=230, I'd say 20,000 probably. Anyone out there better than me at guestimating the size of crowds? Actually, judging from the pic posted on Blogian at: http://forum.hayastan.com/index.php?automodule=blog&blogid=2&showentry=230, I’d say 20,000 probably. Anyone out there better than me at guestimating the size of crowds?

]]> by: Onnik http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2006/02/28/sumgait-commemoration/#comment-957 Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:09:24 +0000 http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2006/02/28/sumgait-commemoration/#comment-957 Thanks for the links, Nessuna. Definitely not 100,000 people there. Take a zero off the end to make it 10,000 and it's more likely. Maybe not even that. BTW: What is it with these damn huge spaces between the stage and the public at official or semi-official events along with barricades and police maintaining the distance? Thanks for the links, Nessuna. Definitely not 100,000 people there. Take a zero off the end to make it 10,000 and it’s more likely. Maybe not even that.

BTW: What is it with these damn huge spaces between the stage and the public at official or semi-official events along with barricades and police maintaining the distance?

]]> by: Nessuna http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2006/02/28/sumgait-commemoration/#comment-956 Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:04:55 +0000 http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2006/02/28/sumgait-commemoration/#comment-956 Some pics of the meeting are also available at http://forum.openarmenia.com/index.php?showtopic=9151&st=0 http://forum.openarmenia.com/index.php?showtopic=9151&st=20 Some pics of the meeting are also available at
http://forum.openarmenia.com/index.php?showtopic=9151&st=0
http://forum.openarmenia.com/index.php?showtopic=9151&st=20

]]> by: Blogian http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2006/02/28/sumgait-commemoration/#comment-955 Tue, 28 Feb 2006 22:38:38 +0000 http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2006/02/28/sumgait-commemoration/#comment-955 AP says thousands participated. Perhaps abput 10,000 or 20,000 AP says thousands participated. Perhaps abput 10,000 or 20,000

]]> by: Onnik http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2006/02/28/sumgait-commemoration/#comment-952 Tue, 28 Feb 2006 21:26:06 +0000 http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2006/02/28/sumgait-commemoration/#comment-952 Armen Press says that 100,000 people took part in the event at Republic Square. I wasn't there, but have my doubts about whether 100,000 people could fit in that space even if they wanted to, but let's see what other news reports say later in the day. http://armenpress.am/eng/news/polit.htm Armen Press says that 100,000 people took part in the event at Republic Square. I wasn’t there, but have my doubts about whether 100,000 people could fit in that space even if they wanted to, but let’s see what other news reports say later in the day.

http://armenpress.am/eng/news/polit.htm

]]> by: Onnik http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2006/02/28/sumgait-commemoration/#comment-951 Tue, 28 Feb 2006 20:12:40 +0000 http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2006/02/28/sumgait-commemoration/#comment-951 The English version of the A1 Plus news item is now online. Unfortunately, I suspect that this marks the start of using the language of nationalism by the ARF-D to push their own political agenda in pre-election year, rather than commemorating the memory of those that died in Sumgait. <blockquote>At the beginning of the meeting member of ARFD bureau, NA Vice Speaker Vahan Hovhannisyan spoke: “Dear people, they haven’t changed, they keep destroying people in Sumgayit, Baku, they annihilate our historic monuments, everything that is defenseless. They haven’t changed, but we have. We have the Armenian army for protecting our monuments. 18 years ago on these days the massacre was realized in Azerbaijan. It’s not accidental that we commemorate those tragic days on such a scale. We must win by the truth. We must be united in the truth”. http://www.a1plus.am/en/?page=issue&amp;id=36318</blockquote> Interestingly, as the group of students marched up Baghramian Avenue, Bagrat Yesayan -- a senior figure in the ARF-D as well as Kocharian's "anti-corruption" adviser -- walked the opposite way. Despite being less a meter of so away, Yesayan didn't even blink an eye or take a moment to observe the very same people that fellow Dashnak Vahan Hovannisian addressed an hour earlier. The English version of the A1 Plus news item is now online. Unfortunately, I suspect that this marks the start of using the language of nationalism by the ARF-D to push their own political agenda in pre-election year, rather than commemorating the memory of those that died in Sumgait.

At the beginning of the meeting member of ARFD bureau, NA Vice Speaker Vahan Hovhannisyan spoke: “Dear people, they haven’t changed, they keep destroying people in Sumgayit, Baku, they annihilate our historic monuments, everything that is defenseless. They haven’t changed, but we have. We have the Armenian army for protecting our monuments. 18 years ago on these days the massacre was realized in Azerbaijan. It’s not accidental that we commemorate those tragic days on such a scale. We must win by the truth. We must be united in the truth”.

http://www.a1plus.am/en/?page=issue&id=36318

Interestingly, as the group of students marched up Baghramian Avenue, Bagrat Yesayan — a senior figure in the ARF-D as well as Kocharian’s “anti-corruption” adviser — walked the opposite way. Despite being less a meter of so away, Yesayan didn’t even blink an eye or take a moment to observe the very same people that fellow Dashnak Vahan Hovannisian addressed an hour earlier.

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