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Who remembers the "offshore case" now?
September 23 2014
Last week, at the "Armenia-Diaspora" conference, the Chairman of
"Nairi" Association in the Armenian Community in Kazakhstan, Artyusha
Karapetyan, has grabbed the recorder from the journalist of "Armenian
Times" newspaper, Taguhi Hovhannisyan, and then instructed his
thick-headed "bodyguards" accompanying him to delete the footages
taken by the phone of the journalist. Police did not respond to the
incident in any way. After that, the Kazakh-Armenian, probably,
returned to his second homeland, where it must be admitted that the
journalists are treated more severely. Artyusha perhaps is accustomed
to it. I am sure that if there be a response to my this publication,
then it would be from the Armenian community in Kazakhstan. The text
with round, square and other seals would read what a generous
benefactor A. Karapetyan is, and in what high level he keeps the life
of the Armenian community in his country. But frankly speaking, I do
not care about his nation preservation activities if he is not capable
to communicate with the journalists in his homeland humanly.
Earlier, on September 9, Karen Hayrapetyan, head of the NA National
Security, attacked Marine Khachatryan, journalist of "A-1 +", who was
covering the "Counterblow" campaign and after several attempts, he
threw her recording device on the ground. Thus, hindering the work of
the journalist. Unlike the previous incident, K. Hayrapetyan's, to put
it mildly, hooligan behavior is recorded, the head of the National
Security is a citizen of Armenia, he has not gone anywhere, and on the
contrary, he continues with his office "triumphantly", not even
half-heartedly asking for this 20-year-old girl's forgiveness.
And I am thinking whether our, the journalists, fault is there, in the
sense that we are not sufficiently consistent in covering the
consequences of this or that case. For instances, last summer, a case
of murdering took place at the then Syunik Governor Surik
Khachatryan's house. No one, except for the "independent court",
believes that it was a "necessary defense". But since the
"informational occasion" is obsolete, the media are writing about it
much less.
The "offshore case" is a more classic example. When Tigran Sargsyan
was the Prime Minister, we were writing about it almost every day. As
soon as he was removed from his position, the severity of the theme
seemed to be disappeared. But if Tigran Sargsyan was truly engaged in
frauds and money laundering, are his alleged crimes "washed out"
because of his not being the prime minister? The Ambassador of Armenia
to the United States is also an important position. .... Similarly, the
"heroic deeds" committed by the Kazakh-Armenian and head of the
security would be forgotten.
ARAM ABRAHAMYAN
Read more at: http://en.aravot.am/2014/09/23/167011/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJoALTPLTI0
From: A. Papazian
September 23 2014
Last week, at the "Armenia-Diaspora" conference, the Chairman of
"Nairi" Association in the Armenian Community in Kazakhstan, Artyusha
Karapetyan, has grabbed the recorder from the journalist of "Armenian
Times" newspaper, Taguhi Hovhannisyan, and then instructed his
thick-headed "bodyguards" accompanying him to delete the footages
taken by the phone of the journalist. Police did not respond to the
incident in any way. After that, the Kazakh-Armenian, probably,
returned to his second homeland, where it must be admitted that the
journalists are treated more severely. Artyusha perhaps is accustomed
to it. I am sure that if there be a response to my this publication,
then it would be from the Armenian community in Kazakhstan. The text
with round, square and other seals would read what a generous
benefactor A. Karapetyan is, and in what high level he keeps the life
of the Armenian community in his country. But frankly speaking, I do
not care about his nation preservation activities if he is not capable
to communicate with the journalists in his homeland humanly.
Earlier, on September 9, Karen Hayrapetyan, head of the NA National
Security, attacked Marine Khachatryan, journalist of "A-1 +", who was
covering the "Counterblow" campaign and after several attempts, he
threw her recording device on the ground. Thus, hindering the work of
the journalist. Unlike the previous incident, K. Hayrapetyan's, to put
it mildly, hooligan behavior is recorded, the head of the National
Security is a citizen of Armenia, he has not gone anywhere, and on the
contrary, he continues with his office "triumphantly", not even
half-heartedly asking for this 20-year-old girl's forgiveness.
And I am thinking whether our, the journalists, fault is there, in the
sense that we are not sufficiently consistent in covering the
consequences of this or that case. For instances, last summer, a case
of murdering took place at the then Syunik Governor Surik
Khachatryan's house. No one, except for the "independent court",
believes that it was a "necessary defense". But since the
"informational occasion" is obsolete, the media are writing about it
much less.
The "offshore case" is a more classic example. When Tigran Sargsyan
was the Prime Minister, we were writing about it almost every day. As
soon as he was removed from his position, the severity of the theme
seemed to be disappeared. But if Tigran Sargsyan was truly engaged in
frauds and money laundering, are his alleged crimes "washed out"
because of his not being the prime minister? The Ambassador of Armenia
to the United States is also an important position. .... Similarly, the
"heroic deeds" committed by the Kazakh-Armenian and head of the
security would be forgotten.
ARAM ABRAHAMYAN
Read more at: http://en.aravot.am/2014/09/23/167011/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJoALTPLTI0
From: A. Papazian