Levon Ter-Petrossian Rallies Resume
Reuters reports that several thousand supporters of the former president, Levon Ter-Petrossian, participated in an unsanctioned rally held at the Matenadaran in the center of the Armenian capital, Yerevan. The demonstration was the first major opposition rally since the 1 March post-election clashes which left 10 dead and hundreds wounded.[...]
The full post is at: http://blog.oneworld.am/2008/06/22/levon-ter-petrossian-rallies-resume/
Online Revolution in the Making? Blogging Comes of Age in Armenia
ArmeniaNow has published my article based around the recent BarCamp held in Tbilisi and attended by bloggers, journalists and new media specialists from the Caucasus, Central Asia and Eastern Europe. The article also examines the emergence of blogging as a tool for change.The article is available at the following URLs:
English:http://www.armenianow.com/?action=viewArticle&AID=3149&CID=3024&IID=1192&lng=eng
Armenian:http://www.armenianow.com/?action=viewArticle&IID=1192&CID=3024&AID=3149&lng=arm
Russian:http://www.armenianow.com/?action=viewArticle&IID=1192&CID=3024&AID=3149&lng=rus
HENQ — Vonts, Chuneq?
An early morning online chat with local youth activist Vahagn Vardumanyan, aka Seetizen, reminded me of the birth of a new youth initiative, HENQ. According to Vardumanyan, the initiative is non-political and seeks to remain apart from the polarized politics that seems to define most activity in this area since the parliamentary election last year.According to the official communique announcing the formation of the group, HENQ takes a refreshing approach to the concept of youth empowerment and involvement in the process of nation-building and democratization.
The full post is at:http://blog.oneworld.am/2008/06/20/henq-vonts-chuneq/
A1 Plus European Court Ruling
Six years after it was effectively removed from the airwaves, the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg has finally ruled in favor of the A1 Plus TV Station. Known for its criticism of the authorities, A1 Plus failed to win a tender for its own broadcasting frequency in April 2002. The disappearance of the station from television screens was seen as politically motivated as the country entered the period leading up to the disputed 2003 presidential election.
The full post is at:http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/06/18/armenia-a1-plus-european-court-ruling/
Global Voices Citizen Media Summit
Global Voices, Global Voices Advocacy and Média Hungária are pleased to announce the Global Voices Citizen Media Summit 2008, taking place in Budapest, Hungary on June 27-28, 2008 thanks to the generous support of McCormick Tribune Foundation, Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Open Society Institute, Knight Foundation, European Journalism Centre and dotSUB.The event will bring together the members of the Global Voices citizen media project and its wider community with a diverse group of bloggers, activists, technologists, journalists and others persons from around the world, for two days of public discussions and workshops around the theme “Citizen Media & Citizenhood”.[...]11:30 - 1:00Session 2: “The Wired Electorate in Emerging Democracies”
MODERATOR: Solana Larsen.
SPEAKERS: Daudi Were (Kenya), Onnik Krikorian (Armenia), Hamid Tehrani (Iran), Luis Carlos Díaz (Venezuela)
The rise of blogging, social networking and micro-blogging services like Facebook and Twitter, video- and photo-sharing sites like YouTube and Flickr, and the spread of mobile technology have given ordinary citizens the means, at least potentially, to participate more fully in the democratic process. This session looks at the impact these tools have had on recent elections in Kenya, Venezuela, Armenia and Iran and poses the question: is citizen media having an actual impact on democracies in transition?
http://summit08.globalvoicesonline.org/
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Sunday, June 22, 2008
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