Tag: protest

August 26, 2024
Free Your Mind, Sheila Paylan

Free Your Mind

The global suppression of free speech is escalating, from U.S. campuses to authoritarian regimes. As dissenting voices are silenced, the importance of defending freedom of expression grows, writes Sheila Paylan, not only to express ourselves, but to echo the voices of those who cannot.

July 12, 2024
Ep. 292: The Week in Review (12.07.24)

Ep. 292: The Week in Review (12.07.24)

In EVN Report’s news roundup for the week of July 12: Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan meet in Washington DC; USAID Administrator Samantha Power makes second visit to Armenia within a year; Armenia’s Anti-corruption Court charges several army officers and doctors with corruption and taking bribes and more.

May 10, 2024

Ep. 284: The Week in Review (10.05.24)

In EVN Report’s news roundup for the week of May 10: Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan, Primate of the Diocese of Tavush leads a large protest against territorial concessions to Azerbaijan, demands resignation of the Prime Minister; Armenia’s Prime Minister Pashinyan meets with Russian President Putin in Moscow; Russian border guards and troops deployed to the Armenia-Azerbaijan border following the 2020 Artsakh War will be withdrawn.

April 28, 2023

Ep. 232: The Week in Review (28.04.23)

In EVN Report’s news roundup for the week of April 28: Azerbaijan installs checkpoint at the entrance of the Lachin Corridor in flagrant violation of the tripartite statement that ended the 2020 war; Azerbaijani eco-activists, who had been blocking the Corridor for 138 days, have temporarily suspend their protest; France’s Foreign Affairs Minister is in Armenia, says Baku must comply with the ICJ decision on the Lachin Corridor and more.

March 10, 2023
Searching for the Boogeyman

Searching for the Boogeyman

Georgia’s “foreign agent law” was introduced and subsequently pulled from parliament after massive protests erupted opposing the move. Karena Avedissian looks at the implications for the wider region had the law passed.