Last week, at the “Armenia-Diaspora” conference, the Chairman of “Nairi” Association in the Armenian Community in Kazakhstan, Artyusha Karapetyan, has grabbed the recorder from the journalist of “Armenian Times” newspaper, Taguhi Hovhannisyan, and then instructed his thick-headed “bodyguards” accompanying him to delete the footages taken by the phone of the journalist. Police did not respond to the incident in any way. After that, the Kazakh-Armenian, probably, returned to his second homeland, where it must be admitted that the journalists are treated more severely. Artyusha perhaps is accustomed to it. I am sure that if there be a response to my this publication, then it would be from the Armenian community in Kazakhstan. The text with round, square and other seals would read what a generous benefactor A. Karapetyan is, and in what high level he keeps the life of the Armenian community in his country. But frankly speaking, I do not care about his nation preservation activities if he is not capable to communicate with the journalists in his homeland humanly.
Earlier, on September 9, Karen Hayrapetyan, head of the NA National Security, attacked Marine Khachatryan, journalist of “A-1 +”, who was covering the “Counterblow” campaign and after several attempts, he threw her recording device on the ground. Thus, hindering the work of the journalist. Unlike the previous incident, K. Hayrapetyan’s, to put it mildly, hooligan behavior is recorded, the head of the National Security is a citizen of Armenia, he has not gone anywhere, and on the contrary, he continues with his office “triumphantly”, not even half-heartedly asking for this 20-year-old girl’s forgiveness.
And I am thinking whether our, the journalists, fault is there, in the sense that we are not sufficiently consistent in covering the consequences of this or that case. For instances, last summer, a case of murdering took place at the then Syunik Governor Surik Khachatryan’s house. No one, except for the “independent court”, believes that it was a “necessary defense”. But since the “informational occasion” is obsolete, the media are writing about it much less.
The “offshore case” is a more classic example. When Tigran Sargsyan was the Prime Minister, we were writing about it almost every day. As soon as he was removed from his position, the severity of the theme seemed to be disappeared. But if Tigran Sargsyan was truly engaged in frauds and money laundering, are his alleged crimes “washed out” because of his not being the prime minister? The Ambassador of Armenia to the United States is also an important position.
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…. Similarly, the “heroic deeds” committed by the Kazakh-Armenian and head of the security would be forgotten.
ARAM ABRAHAMYAN
