WATCH: Israeli Reshet 13 TVs Armenia episode
10:20, 5 August, 2019
YEREVAN, AUGUST 5, ARMENPRESS. As the tourism season is bustling, the Israeli Reshet 13 TV has come to the country to film an episode to show what makes Armenia so attractive for visitors.
Reshet 13 reporters tried to show nearly all must-see places in the half-an-hour program, starting from the Temple of Garni, the iconic Vernissage in Yerevan, and of course – food.
The landmark Cascade of the Armenian capital is also in the focus of the program.
Edited and translated by Stepan Kocharyan
ArmInfo. To defend their debut film projects at the Russian Ministry of Culture, Robert Def's film "Walter" based on the Karabakh conflict was presented, Rossiyskaya Gazeta reports.
It is made by producer Katerina Mikhailova, whose studio has just released a notable debut, "This Is Not Forever," telling the stories of children from orphanages. The film "Walter" takes place in the 90s of the last century. The main character – the picture is named after him – is working in Moscow, works as a foreman at a construction site. The tragic news forces her to return to her homeland, in Nagorno-Karabakh, in order to save or bury her mother. "This is an ode to filial love," the authors of the picture told experts. At the airport, Walter is met by the son of a deceased friend (whose mother and grandmother were missing), and together they gradually go through the path in search of relatives. History develops against the backdrop of the Karabakh conflict, in military conditions. The farther, the more Walter has to deal with what is happening in his homeland …
Walter is a blue-eyed, fair-haired Armenian. During the Soviet Union, military units were located in Nagorno-Karabakh, where there were many Russians, so many fair-haired Karabakh people appeared as a result of mixing blood. The theme of the film is not simple, and experts pointed this out. But it is encouraging that the debutants come out of the usual circle of events and try to make a bright, unique statement. The main role in the film will be played by the younger brother of the famous actor, the star of the film "Taxi" Sami Naseri – Bibi Naseri. He himself is an actor, screenwriter, director and producer, who has already managed to declare himself in several works – such as "13 district", "Aisha", "Hornet's Nest", "Free Fall" and others.
Azerbaijan violates ceasefire regime nearly 95 times, firing over 900 bullets in a week
13:00,
YEREVAN, JULY 20, ARMENPRESS. The Azerbaijani troops violated the ceasefire regime nearly 95 times on Artsakh-Azerbaijan contact line in the period of July 14-20, during which nearly 900 bullets were fired in the direction of Armenian border guards from different caliber weapons.
As ARMENPRESS was informed from the press service of the Defense Ministry of Artsakh, the front line units of the Defense Army refrained from retaliating the adversary and continued taking necessary measures to organize the protection of the military positions.
Edited and translated by Tigran Sirekanyan
About two months ago, 168.am released information stating that the incumbent authorities of Armenia had received a letter from the Venice Commission (VC) that contained rather coarse evaluations. According to our source, the Commission had condemned the blockade of courts following Pashinyan’s call and the direct involvement of MPs of the ruling political party in the blockade.
168.am had also literally written that the Venice Commission had conditioned the actions of the Prime Minister and his team with the release of Robert Kocharyan, but under the veil of a fight against corruption. 168.am had also informed our readers that the Commission was preparing to issue a statement and send relevant notes to several international organizations. As already mentioned, 168.am had written about this on May 27.
The Government of the Republic of Armenia had, in essence, concealed the mentioned letter, and since 168.am’s press release caused great uproar (in response to the “refutations” of the representatives of government and the attacks of fakes with the use of swearing words, we had demanded publication of the original of the letter), the government decided to publish the unofficial translation of another letter of President of the Venice Commission Gianni Buquicchio and then the original which stated the following: “…the reforms in the judicial system should be developed and carried out through legal measures, in accordance with the Constitution and taking into account the rule of law and the European criteria over human rights”. The representatives of Pashinyan’s cabinet started commenting on this letter unanimously and in their own ways, throwing dirt at 168.am and other mass media outlets, stating that we and other mass media outlets are disseminating false information. As they say, they “plastered” the topic.
Yesterday, Legal Way NGO released the letter that the authorities had carefully concealed from the public and about which 168.am had reported back in May. In essence, the content of the two letters of the Venice Commission might not have been accessible for the public at large, if it wasn’t for our release.
The record of the VC, made public yesterday, particularly stated that, after discussions with a European delegation, the Armenian authorities acknowledged the fact that the general vetting of sitting judges would be neither necessary nor useful, the VC considers the provision envisaging further serving of the chairman and members of the Constitutional Court (Article 213 of the revised Constitution) “clear” and “unambiguous” and said it was disturbing that the statements by Vahe Grigoryan had been applauded in parliament and there might be a risk of interference with the mandates of the sitting judges.
What was also touched upon was the fact that “Prime Minister strictly criticized courts following the court decision on releasing former President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan in exchange of a pledge, asking his supporters to block the entrances to and exits from courts and announced about updating of the judiciary. In his letter addressed to Mr. Prime Minister, the President of the Venice Commission acknowledged that there is lack of confidence in the judiciary, yet insisted that any measure must completely comply with the Constitution and international standards”. 168.am had written about this as well.
What is the most ridiculous is the fact that deputy of the ruling My Step faction of the National Assembly of Armenia, Chair of the Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs Vladimir Vardanyan had advised journalists to find out how the document could be obtained, while Spokesperson of the Prime Minister Vladimir Karapetyan had said the following: “I consider the release an improper document for commentary. We also need to understand how an advisory document was released in the presses. We will try to clarify this through our representatives to the Venice Commission and draw relevant conclusions.”
Other members of the ruling party were filling the news feed with information stressing the fact that the Venice Commission and its conclusions are not important or declaring that the Commission doesn’t have a good understanding of the realities, or that the Commission doesn’t have a picture of the differences between the terms “member of the Constitutional Court” and “judge of the Constitutional Court”.
Last year, when the wiretapped phone conversations of the Director of the National Security Service of the Republic of Armenia, the Head of the Special Investigation Service and Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan were disseminated on the Internet and in the presses, the former Minister of Justice, in response to a journalist’s question whether the government had succeeded in shaping an independent judiciary or not, taking into consideration the observation of the attorneys of second President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan about the content of the wiretapped conversations in which it was clear that Pashinyan’s cabinet is interfering in the judicial system, the minister called on delving deep into the content of the voice recording. Of course, it was never clear why former minister Zeynalyan resigned from office, but it seems as though the incumbent authorities’ working style is the following: don’t have a substantive conversation, but find the source and distract the public’s attention with a lot of meaningless statements at the same time. The former political opposition turned authorities used to cite the conclusions of the Venice Commission for the former authorities and sharply criticize the former authorities, but today, the incumbent authorities are concealing the truth, solving certain domestic political issues by manipulating and making impulsive statements. No matter how much the incumbent authorities disregard the opinion of the VC, those opinions can’t be circumvented or overlooked. It is a fact that Vahe Grigoryan is not the President of the Constitutional Court, the Constitutional Court is not in a crisis, and there will be no general vetting. It is also a fact that international organizations can’t encourage Nikol Pashinyan’s initiative to block the entrances to and exits from courts and can’t consider the judicial reforms legitimate, and it is a fact that the case of the events of March 1, 2008 and the case instituted against Robert Kocharyan are entering into a deadlock in terms of the law.
Armenian, Artsakh foreign ministries to hold regular consultations on NK conflict
11:58, 5 July, 2019
STEPANAKERT, JULY 5, ARMENPRESS. Foreign minister of Armenia Zohrab Mnatsakanyan, who is in Artsakh on a working visit, met on July 5 with Foreign minister of Artsakh Masis Mayilyan, the Armenian MFA told Armenpress.
The Armenian FM highlighted such format meetings which are a good opportunity to thoroughly touch upon and assess the current stage of the Nagorno Karabakh peace process and outline the future actions. “This reflects our priority goal: the strengthening of engagement of Nagorno Karabakh, and ensuring this has been our goal from the very first days. This is a very practical, pragmatic goal, because if we really want a practical progress in the peaceful settlement, the engagement of the main subject of this conflict is important”, the Armenian FM said.
The Armenian and Artsakh FMs also touched upon a number of issues relating to the peaceful settlement process of the NK conflict. Both emphasized the need of taking real steps to form a favorable environment for the progress of peace process.
Zohrab Mnatsakanyan and Masis Mayilyan also discussed the cooperation between the two foreign ministries in various areas and taking bilateral actions to expand Artsakh’s engagement in the international processes.
At the end of the meeting the FMs signed a plan of consultations between the Armenian and Artsakh foreign ministries according to which the two ministries are expected to hold regular consultations on the Artsakh conflict and matters of foreign policy interest during 2019-2020.
Thereafter, the two FMs held a press briefing with the media representatives.
Edited and translated by Aneta Harutyunyan
The screening of “Kond”, a film directed by Harutyun Khachatryan and dedicated to the oldest Yerevan district, will be held under “Kond that was, Kond to be’’ project cooperated by Ayo! organization and Kond Gallery within the scope of the Golden Apricot Film Festival.
The film screening is scheduled for 11 July, at 9pm, Panorama.am learned from the festival’s official Facebook page.
The project is aimed at contributing to the transformation of the oldest district in Yerevan – Kond: the place with cultural and touristic significance.
Admission is free.
The 16th edition of the Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival will be held from 7 to 14 July.
1 - UN Sends a Stunning Letter Questioning
Turkey on the Armenian Genocide
By Harut Sassounian
Publisher, The California Courier
www.TheCaliforniaCourier.com
2- Sara Anjargolian Appointed High Commission of Diaspora
Affairs Chief of Staff
3 - Patriarchate Denounces Jewish Report,
Says Armenian Seminarians Were Attacked.
4- Der-Yeghiayan Elected Chair of Rotary ME Initiative Council
5- The Boston Globe’s Anush Elbakyan Wins Third Emmy Award
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1 - UN Sends a Stunning Letter Questioning
Turkey on the Armenian Genocide
By Harut Sassounian
Publisher, The California Courier
www.TheCaliforniaCourier.com
Thirty four years ago, the United Nations Sub-Commission on Prevention
The joint UN letter asked the Turkish Ambassador to provide answers
within 60 days to the following seven questions:
“1. Please provide any information and/or comment(s) you may have on
the allegations: …violations attributable to Turkey in relation to
the tragic events that affected the Armenian minority from 1915 to
1923, and their consequences for the population concerned.
2. What policies have been put in place by your Excellency’s
Government to respond to these allegations?
3. What measures has Turkey taken to establish the facts, including
the fate or whereabouts of Armenians who were subjected to forced
internal displacement, detention, extrajudicial killings and enforced
disappearances during the period of 1915-1923?
4. What measures have been taken to ensure the right of victims and of
society as a whole to know the truth about these events, and to ensure
the right of victims to justice and reparations for the damage
suffered?
5. What measures have been taken to locate, insofar as possible, the
bodies of Armenians who died as a result of these events?
6. Please provide information about the reasons for the adoption of
the 2017 legislation preventing lawmakers from making certain
expressions. Please explain how this is compatible with international
human rights law, in particular with article 19 of the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
7. Please provide detailed information about the cases in which
Article 301 of the Criminal Code has been applied to punish
individuals for statements made alleging crimes against Armenians.”
The joint UN letter described in detail the atrocities committed
against Armenians “from 1915 to 1923” by “the Ottoman Empire and its
succeeding Turkish Republic [which] implemented a policy of mass
relocation of the Armenian minority living in the eastern part of the
country. Hundreds of thousands (estimates range between 600,000 and
1,500,000) of persons belonging to that minority were subject to that
policy, which resulted in widespread violence against that population.
Their forced deportation reportedly started in March 1915 mainly in
Anatolia but also in other parts of the country. Armenians were
expelled from their ancestral lands. On the night of 24th April 1915,
hundreds of political and intellectual leaders were arrested in
Constantinople and then transferred to other places. As a result,
Armenian elites disappeared almost completely. This was followed by a
systematic policy targeting the entire Armenian population in each
province and in each Vilayet, the official objective of which was to
displace by force the Armenian population from the eastern provinces
of Anatolia to Aleppo and camps in the Syrian desert. Armenians were
subjected to forced marches. Most of them allegedly died progressively
from exhaustion, starvation, diseases or from massacres, and in most
cases their remains were abandoned. Upon arrival, the few surviving
people were detained in camps in conditions which may have amounted to
torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment; most of them were
subsequently killed. The process persisted through 1923. It is alleged
that these actions could constitute enforced disappearances to the
extent that:
(i) Armenians in Turkey were subjected to arrests, detentions, or
abductions or were otherwise deprived of their liberty;
(ii) These acts are reportedly attributable to officials or different
branches or levels of government;
(iii) The Government has not disclosed so far the fate or whereabouts
of the persons concerned.”
The UN letter also criticized Turkey’s denial: “It is also reported
that Turkey not only refuses to acknowledge these events, but also
intentionally engages in denial and obstruction of the truth about the
fate or whereabouts of the victims…. While we do not wish to prejudge
the accuracy of these allegations, we wish to express our concern at
the reported denial, and ensuing lack of progress in establishing the
truth and ensuring justice for the forcible deportation of Armenians
between 1915 and 1923, which resulted in massive suffering,
ill-treatment and deaths. The lack of progress in establishing and
acknowledging the relevant facts, not only affects the dignity of
victims and their descendants, but can also hinder the possibility of
initiating measures aimed at preserving the memory and establishing
the truth.”
On May 17, 2019, within 60 days of the UN request, the Turkish
Ambassador responded with a three-page letter stating that the UN
letter “will be left unanswered by the Government of Turkey.” Amb.
Arslan further stated that “my authorities were rather baffled by the
communication” which he described as “ill-intended and politically
motivated.”
Besides denying the statements contained in the UN letter, Amb. Arslan
also quoted the UN Secretary General Ban-Ki Moon and his spokesman
Farhan Haq claiming that the UN had never taken a position on events
that took place before the UN was established. Both the Secretary
General and his spokesman are wrong because the UN had set a special
day to commemorate the Jewish Holocaust which had occurred before the
UN was founded in 1945. Furthermore, I interviewed Ban-Ki Moon’s
spokesman Farhan Haq and asked him about the 1985 UN Sub-Commission’s
Genocide Report which had acknowledged several genocides, including
the Armenian Genocide, all of which had taken place before the UN was
established. Haq told me that he was aware of the UN Sub-Commission’s
Genocide Report, but he was referring to the lack of acknowledgment by
the UN General Assembly.
In addition, the UN authors attached to their letter an annex quoting
from the International Humanitarian Law which stated that: “Principle
2 of the updated Set of Principles for the Protection and Promotion of
Human Rights through Action to Combat Impunity establishes the
inalienable right of all persons to know the truth about past events
concerning the perpetration of heinous crimes and about the
circumstances and reasons that led to them. Full and effective
exercise of the right to the truth provides a vital safeguard against
the recurrence of violations. Principle 4 stipulates that victims and
their families have the imprescriptible right to know the truth about
the circumstances in which violations took place and about the
victims’ fate.”
Finally, Amb. Arslan repeated the same untruth about Armenia not
responding to a letter from Turkey in 2005 proposing “to establish a
joint commission consisting of historians and other experts to study
the events of 1915.” This is a lie. Armenia did respond, suggesting
that the proposed commission review all outstanding issues between the
two countries, not just the Armenian Genocide. Turkey was the one that
never responded.
As a next step, now that the Armenian Genocide issue has been raised
at the UN once again, it is incumbent on the Republic of Armenia to
formally place the UN letter and the Turkish denialist response on the
agenda of the UN Human Rights Council and pursue compensation and
justice for the million and a half victims of the Armenian Genocide.
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2- Sara Anjargolian Appointed High Commission of Diaspora
Affairs Chief of Staff
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan signed a decree on Wednesday, June 19
appointing the co-founder and chief executive of Yerevan’s Impact Hub
and a long-ago repatriate to Armenia Sara Anjargolian to serve as the
chief of staff of the newly established High Commission of Diaspora
Affairs.
The news comes on the heels of Pashinyan’s appointment on June 14 of
former Glendale Mayor Zareh Sinanyan to serve as Armenia’s High
Commissioner of Diaspora Affairs.
“I am grateful to be witnessing a time in the history of our nation,
where someone like me, who was born and raised outside of Armenia,
would be asked to join the leadership of our homeland,” Anjargolian
said in a Facebook post after her appointment. “Together with the High
Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs Zareh Sinanyan, I am proud to serve
the Republic of Armenia and the global Armenian Diaspora.” In 2014,
Anjargolian co-founded the Impact Hub Yerevan and served as its chief
executive while serving on the Impact Hub Global Association board.
The international organization bills itself as “a member-based network
of changemakers. Part innovation lab, part business incubator, and
part community center, we offer our members a unique ecosystem of
resources, inspiration, and collaboration to grow impact.”
Through Impact Hub Yerevan, Anjargolian has focused on empowering
Armenians to advance social impact projects that have had a lasting
effect on life in Armenia.
Anjargolian was born in London and grew up in Los Angeles. She
graduated summa cum laude from the UCLA with a degree in Political
Science/Public Policy and received a law degree from the UC Berkeley.
During her legal career she served as a trial lawyer for the U.S.
Department of Justice, Associate Professor/Assistant Dean at the
American University of Armenia Law Department and policy advisor to
the Los Angeles City Attorney.
She has combined her background as an attorney and multimedia
journalist to focus on visual storytelling projects that seek to
inspire social change.
Her work has been recognized and supported by the United Nations,
Fulbright, UCLA School of Art & Architecture, the Tufenkian
Foundation, and the Yerevan Press Association.
Her body of work has been exhibited widely and most recently included
stories such as: non-combat deaths in Armenia’s military; life on the
front lines in Artsakh; refugee life along the Azerbaijani border;
HIV/TB among the Zulu people in South Africa; “How We Live,” a
photography installation, book and film documenting poverty in
Armenia; and “Not Here,” a project focusing on labor migration from
Armenia to Los Angeles.
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3 - Patriarchate Denounces Jewish Report,
Says Armenian Seminarians Were Attacked
Last week, a June 18 article “Report: 60 Armenian-Church Students
Attempted Lynching of 2 Jews on Eve of Shavuot” in The Jewish Press by
David Israel began circulating. In the article, Israel writes that “On
Shabbat, June 8, the eve of Shavuot, 60 students of the Armenian
Church attacked two young Jews who were walking on the Armenian
Patriarchate Street in the Old City of Jerusalem and severely beat
them until they needed urgent medical treatment.” In the article,
attorney Chaim Bleicher says, “The group of Armenians approached them
and began to attack them with murderous blows. My clients were punched
in their faces and kicked all over their bodies while they were lying
on the floor. One of the youths was thrown in the air on his back and
when he lay helpless on the ground many Armenians stood over him and
continued to beat him. The brutal assault lasted a few minutes, until
the priests who led the students began to instruct them to stop the
lynching. My clients escaped wounded and bleeding to the nearby police
station in Qishla. My clients needed medical treatment and one of them
was taken by ambulance to Shaare Zedek Hospital.” Bleicher says “the
youths filed a complaint at the David police station, but have not yet
received any information regarding the arrest of suspects and the
development of the investigation.” Bleicher says, “It goes without
saying that the incident took place in an area covered by police
cameras, which certainly should enable the rapid arrest of the
attackers and the obtaining of evidence against them.” Bleicher says
he asked the district commander to “arrest and interrogate anyone who
appears to be one of the attackers, or that there is information that
he attacked my clients.”
The Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem issued a statement on June 20
denouncing this article. According to the Patriarchate, on June 8 it
was a a group of Armenian Seminarians and the dean of the Seminary who
were “attacked by three extremist Jews and their dog.”
“The article in The Jewish Press about the attack is a pure lie and
malicious slander, smearing our good name and harming the outstanding
reputation of the Armenian Patriarchate. The reactions in The Jewish
Press and their Facebook page on this slanderous article are
defamatory and convey hate,” the Patriarchate said in the statement.
The Patriarchate writes that 20 seminarians, accompanied by the dean
of the Seminary, left the Armenian Theological Seminary for the weekly
procession in the Holy Sepulcher when they were attacked.
According to the Patriarchate’s statement, the attackers “spat on the
group of Seminarians and shouted ‘Christians should die’ and ‘we will
wipe you out from this country.’ They then removed the muzzle from
their dog’s mouth and ordered the dog to bite the priest who
accompanied the Seminarians. When their dog charged, the priest fell
down on the ground. Some of the Seminarians took off their clerical
robes, worn on top of regular clothes, to protect the priest from the
attacking dog, in order to distract the dog.”
According to the Patriarchate, “the three extremist Jews themselves
also attacked the group, while the Seminarians were shielding the
priest from the vicious dog. One of the extremist Jews assaulted a
student, and broke the Seminarian’s hand. The extremist Jews then fled
the scene and went to the Kishle, the police station in the Old City,
and complaint against the Armenian clergy.”
According to the Patriarchate, the dean of the seminary went to the
Police Station in the Old City to file an official complaint against
the attackers; the priest who accompanied the group of students as
well as the Seminarian whose hand was broken by one of the extremist
Jews went with him.
“The Armenian Patriarchate has a report of their complaint against the
three extremist Jews, a report of the visit to the emergency
department at the hospital, including diagnosis and treatment,
pictures of the wounded Seminary student in hospital, and the
testimony of the group of Seminarians as eyewitnesses. We live
peacefully in this country and we are entitled of protection when
attacked. We call upon the Israeli government, the Jewish religious
leaders, the Israeli police and all other authorities involved, to
punish the perpetrators and to vehemently condemn this behaviour
against the Christians and especially against our Armenian community.”
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4- Der-Yeghiayan Elected Chair of Rotary ME Initiative Council
The Executive Committee of Rotarian Action Group For Peace recently
elected Dt. Garbis Der-Yeghiayan as Chair of the newly-established
Middle East Initiative Council.
In March 2019, a high-ranking Rotary delegation headed by Dr.
Der-Yeghiayan visited Israel and Palestine meeting with numerous
government officials, leaders of peace-promoting organizations,
university presidents and students. as well as Rotarians. The idea of
establishing a peace council was conceived during the delegation’s
visit to the Holy Land.
“This is a fresh approach led by Rotarians and youth groups to create
a culture of peace. It is based on shared values and desired outcomes
of all concerned to include: Safety and Security; Prosperity; and
Quality of Life. We are committed to full participation in a process
to equitably meeting the needs of current and future generations,”
said Der-Yeghiayan.
The proposed projects of the Council include: Organizing peace
conferences and workshops to address the root causes of conflict among
parties with the participation of Rotarians and international thinkers
with global experience; Offering a summer program for teens to help
them learn about the history, culture and politics of the Middle East;
Publishing position papers authored by Council Members and other
scholars on events in the Middle East; Working collaboratively with
like-minded peace organizations in the region to affect change; and
Organizing annual peace missions to the region to learn and to better
understand the status quo.
The Council will be composed of prominent Rotarians, scholars,
statesmen, peace-builders, former ambassadors, former members of
parliaments and youth representatives.
Dr. Der-Yeghiayan is an experienced Rotary leader. He is the first
Armenian-American elected to serve as a District Governor
(California-Nevada, USA) in the history of Rotary International.
He has held all senior positions in Rotary, including the chairmanship
of Rotarian Action Group For Peace. He is the recipient of Rotary’s
highest honors.
“Every conflict is an opportunity for better understanding. We
encourage openness from people in disputes because direct
communication is the best way to find solutions,” said Der-Yeghiayan.
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5- The Boston Globe’s Anush Elbakyan Wins Third Emmy Award
BOSTON–Anush Elbakyan has received her third New England EMMY Award in
the “Outstanding News Specialty Report Human Interest” category.
Elbakyan won the award for “Why Wasn’t Anyone Able To Save Laura?” as
its editor. The video tells the story of a young woman who went to a
local hospital with asthma attack but didn’t get any help and died in
front of the hospital.
Elbakyan received her second EMMY Award in 2017 for “Spotlight
Investigation: Private Schools, Painful Secrets” in the “Outstanding
Societal Concerns Program/Special” category. The documentary tells the
story of hundreds of students who were sexually abused by staffers at
New England boarding schools, emerging from decades of silence.
In 2016 Elbakyan received an Emmy Award in the “Outstanding News
Report – Serious Feature” category for a documentary short, “A Day in
Life of Leo” about a boy who was badly burned by fire, and has been
transformed by his devoted caregiver.
Additionally, Elbakyan was chosen as one of 28 women globally for the
2018 class of Poynter Institute’s Leadership Academy for Women in
Digital Media.Elbakyan had participated in Boston Globe’s coverage of
the Boston marathon bombings and their aftermath, which won a Pulitzer
Prize and Online News Association’s Online Journalism Award for
Breaking News Coverage.
Elbakyan is an Emmy award-winning producer and multimedia journalist.
Elbakyan is the Video Director and the Senior Video Editor for the
Boston Globe. Elbakyan oversees the production and distribution of the
Globe’s original video content, while also managing video business
operations and leading the digital video strategy. Elbakyan manages a
team of video producers and coordinates the daily video news
operation. She launched and served as executive producer for the
political digital video series “Ground Game,” “Live Political Happy
Hour” and the food series “Smart Cooks.”
New England Emmy Awards are a division of the National Academy of
Television Arts and Sciences, the premier and most recognized
non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of excellence in
television. Every year the Academy awards the Emmy Award, the most
prestigious, peer-judged honor in television, for outstanding creative
achievement.
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