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    AZERBAIJANI DIASPORA PROTESTS PBS DOCUMENTARY ON NAGORNO KARABAKH
    Giorgi Lomsadze

    EurasiaNet
    http://www.eurasianet.org/node/62215
    Oct 22 2010
    NY

    Another proxy battle between Azerbaijanis and Armenians is playing
    out in the US as the Azerbaijani Diaspora community tries to put
    the kibosh on Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) plans to air an
    Armenian-made documentary on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

    In an October 20 letter to the network's management and ombudsman, two
    American-Azerbaijani groups charged that the film, "A Story of People
    in War and Peace" by Armenian journalist Vardan Hovhanisyan, offers
    a slanted take on the 1988-1994 Azerbaijani-Armenian war over Karabakh.

    "[T]his documentary about the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict ... would
    present a rather perverted interpretation of controversial history
    to the PBS viewer[s]," wrote the Azerbaijani-American Council and
    Azerbaijan Society of America.

    The film tells the post-conflict story of Karabakh via the
    retrospective of Hovhanisyan's own experiences as a war reporter
    and prisoner. The Azerbaijani Diaspora groups claim the film ignores
    the plight of ethnic Azeri victims of the conflict and is meant to
    sway public opinion in the US. "As PBS is a publically [sic] funded
    service based on taxpayer contributions, we appeal for your common
    sense to cancel the broadcast of this documentary," the letter reads.

    The tussle marks an increase in Azerbaijani attempts to match the
    political and PR efforts of well-oiled Armenian Diaspora lobbies in the
    US. In the past, Azerbaijani groups have pressured such US corporate
    heavyweights as Google and Microsoft on Karabakh-related issues.




    From: A. Papazian
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