Comments on: YSMU Blog — Students Talk http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2006/04/27/ysmu-blog-students-talk/ Journalism and Photography from Armenia and the Surrounding Region Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:25:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Onnik http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2006/04/27/ysmu-blog-students-talk/#comment-1582 Thu, 27 Apr 2006 01:16:09 +0100 http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2006/04/27/ysmu-blog-students-talk/#comment-1582 Meanwhile, Ara Manoogian over at Martun or Bust has <a href="http://aramanoogian.blogspot.com/2006/04/talks-with-indian-students-at-yerevan.html">written a letter</a> to the Armenian President on the death of Prashant Anchalia and the matter of how Indian students have been treated by YSMU. <blockquote>Dear President Kocharian, My name is Ara Manoogian. I am an Armenian-American who has been living the city of Martuni, NKR since 1998. I am writing you in regards to the recent death of a medical student from India, Prashant Anchalia, as reported in The Statesman newspaper on Arpil 23, 2006 (see: http://www.thestatesman.net/page.arcview.php?clid=10&amp;id=141870&amp;usrsess=1.) As a member of the Diaspora community who is interested in Armenia’s overall well being, I am bothered by the way our guests from India are being treated by Yerevan State Medical University (YSMU). If Armenia is a free and fair country as your administration have been claiming it is to the Diaspora, it would be fitting that the justice prevails and those responsible for contributing to the untimely death of Prashant Anchalia are punished according to Armenia laws. From what I have read, there have been some unfair deals with the Indian student body in regards to this matter by YSMU, which I’m sure you would agree is not acceptable. Such tactics only add insult to injury and make Armenia look to be less democratic than we claim it to be. I ask on behalf of those concerned, that you intervene and make sure the criminal investigation, which the students were informed of on April 26th by the YSMU administration has been initiated, is conducted without error. Also it would be advantageous that rector Gohar Khalyan be suspended from her duties until the conclusion of the investigation. This is a normal practice in most democratic countries. Respectfully yours, Ara Manoogian</blockquote> For the full post see <a href="http://aramanoogian.blogspot.com/2006/04/talks-with-indian-students-at-yerevan.html">here</a>. Meanwhile, Ara Manoogian over at Martun or Bust has written a letter to the Armenian President on the death of Prashant Anchalia and the matter of how Indian students have been treated by YSMU.

Dear President Kocharian,

My name is Ara Manoogian. I am an Armenian-American who has been living the city of Martuni, NKR since 1998.

I am writing you in regards to the recent death of a medical student from India, Prashant Anchalia, as reported in The Statesman newspaper on Arpil 23, 2006 (see: http://www.thestatesman.net/page.arcview.php?clid=10&id=141870&usrsess=1.)

As a member of the Diaspora community who is interested in Armenia’s overall well being, I am bothered by the way our guests from India are being treated by Yerevan State Medical University (YSMU).

If Armenia is a free and fair country as your administration have been claiming it is to the Diaspora, it would be fitting that the justice prevails and those responsible for contributing to the untimely death of Prashant Anchalia are punished according to Armenia laws.

From what I have read, there have been some unfair deals with the Indian student body in regards to this matter by YSMU, which I’m sure you would agree is not acceptable. Such tactics only add insult to injury and make Armenia look to be less democratic than we claim it to be.

I ask on behalf of those concerned, that you intervene and make sure the criminal investigation, which the students were informed of on April 26th by the YSMU administration has been initiated, is conducted without error.

Also it would be advantageous that rector Gohar Khalyan be suspended from her duties until the conclusion of the investigation. This is a normal practice in most democratic countries.

Respectfully yours,

Ara Manoogian

For the full post see here.

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