Tag: freedom of speech

June 30, 2025
To the One Who Refused to Hate Us

To the One Who Refused to Hate Us

Azerbaijani activist Bahruz Samadov was imprisoned for his pro-peace stance. In this open letter, Sheila Paylan highlights the brutal cost of dissent under Azerbaijan’s authoritarian regime and the moral failure of silence in the face of repression.

February 11, 2019
Post-Truth Armenia and the Media

Post-Truth Armenia and the Media

The fake news phenomenon is not uniquely Armenian. It’s a global challenge, but when the stakes are so high following the Velvet Revolution, journalists need to rediscover their mission and have an honest discourse about their role in the state of the media landscape.