Podcast

Zara Amatuni, Communications Manager and Spokesperson for the International Committee of the Red Cross spoke to EVN Report about the role of the ICRC during and after the 2020 Artsakh War, including retrieval and transfer of bodies, missing persons, prisoners of war and the challenges associated with these processes.

EVN Report-ի փոդքասթում խմբագիր Ռուբինա Մարկոսեանը «Հելսինկյան ասոցիացիա» իրավապաշտպան ՀԿ-ի նախագահ Նինա Կարապետյանցի և «Լրագրողներ հանուն մարդու իրավունքների» ՀԿ ղեկավար Ժաննա Ալեքսանյանի հետ զրուցում է քաղհասարակության ներուժի, առաջարկվող ճանապարհային քարտեզի, պետություն - քաղաքացիական հասարակություն երկխոսության անարդյունավետության, գերիների և սահմանազատման խնդիրների ինչպես նաև այլ առաջնահերթությունների և դրանց հնարավոր լուծումների մասին։

Haykak Arshamyan, the Executive Director of the Hayastan All Armenian Fund speaks to EVN Report about the Fund’s activities during the 2020 Artsakh War, lessons learned and the vision for the future.

Varujan Avedikian, CEO of the Insurance Foundation for Servicemen spoke to EVN Report about the need to ensure that soldiers and their families live a life of dignity after war. The Foundation’s mission is to insure the social well-being of soldiers injured while on active duty as well as supporting the families of soldiers who died while performing their duties.

HALO Trust is working to clear unexploded ordnance from schools, homes, gardens, fields and public spaces in Stepanakert and other towns and cities following the 2020 Artsakh War. Nick Smart, Regional Director, Europe for HALO Trust talks about the situation, the challenges and needs in the coming years to ensure the land is safe.

Armenia’s post-war recovery will be long and hard. It will be especially difficult for the returning soldiers, the wounded, the families who lost their sons, the families whose sons are missing or in Azerbaijani captivity. Today, more than ever, the mental health of the population needs to be an integral part of the recovery effort and healing process. Lilit Ghaghramanyan, a clinical psychologist and psychotherapist speaks about the programs, the challenges, needs and gaps in Armenia’s mental health care sector.

During the 2020 Artsakh War, Azerbaijani forces violated the rules of war and committed severe war crimes. International human rights lawyer, Ara Ghazaryan, who has taken numerous cases to the European Court of Human Rights, speaks about the nature of these crimes and what steps are being taken.

The past year has been extremely tumultuous for Armenia: from COVID-19 to the 2020 Artsakh War. In recent weeks Armenia's currency has fluctuated to the point that the Central Bank of Armenia was forced to intervene. EVN Report's Harout Manougian talks about his experience with the blips in the exchange rate.

As the Kashatagh region of Artsakh is scheduled to be handed over to Azerbaijan by December 1, people bid their farewell to centuries-old Armenian religious monuments.

This podcast was recorded before the trilateral agreement ending the Artsakh War became public on November 10. It is an honest reflection of what it means to cover a war as a journalist when you are a side to the conflict.