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“Our Voices”: A Video Podcast for Young Audiences
Recognizing the insufficient attention given to the opinions and experiences of Armenian youth in the country’s political landscape, the “Our Voices” video-podcast—part of the “CONTACT 3.0” project—seeks to provide a platform for young people to engage in meaningful discussions about political and social issues. This initiative offers youth the chance to voice their perspectives without the need for any professional background or formal education. Here, we truly listen to the voices of the youth.
Art Can Unite. ARENA: Summer School
The inaugural ARENA: Summer School for Peace and Art was held this year in Borjomi, Georgia. During the Summer School a group of 47 activists, independent artists and trainers from 9 different countries including the Russian Federation, Netherlands, Armenia, Lebanon, Azerbaijan, Italy, Ukraine, Georgia, and Germany worked in three groups: theatre, graphic design and video.
The Summer School was organized under the scope of the three-year project ARENA: Community Theatre and Public Art launched in 2015. ARENA aims to empower civil society representatives of former Soviet Union and Eastern partnership countries and the Russian Federation to work together to develop creative approaches, new methods and activities in the field of human rights and peace building.
Stop Sniper: Video Series
May 12 marks 21 years since the signing of the ceasefire agreement between Armenians and Azerbaijanis after the violent war over the Nagorno-Karabakh region.
The “House of Tea” Documentary (Video)
“House of Tea” is a short documentary made by Anna Zakaryan, Arthur Manoukyan and Armen Papyan from Peace Dialogue NGO. It is a story of a small teahouse in Tbilisi that brings together people from different origins, living in Georgia. The film was made in 2015.
Key witness testifies that his testimony was coerced in the wrongful death of Manuchar Manucharyan (Video)
During the hearing on June 2, 2015 concerning the potential wrongful death of Manuchar Manucharyan, Mr. Arthur Abrahamyan was again called to testify. He had testified before that he was on duty the day of the incident. However, in this appearance, the witness renounced most of his previous testimony given during the preliminary investigation explaining that he had given those testimonies under pressure and threatening.
A Video Manual on your “Conscription notice”
Peace Dialogue NGO staff understands that some of the reasons for the many irregularities in the military are because of the fact that neither the officers nor the conscripts are well informed about their rights.
Three Stories in One Film
“As a result, we have three short films: ‘Me,’ ‘Choice’ and ‘The Dreamers’ that were combined into one film entitled ‘To be young in…,’” said Edgar Khachatryan, the President of Peace Dialogue. All three films talk about the issues that relate to young people.
A Public Action Entitled “We are Conscious” in Vanadzor (Video)
Approximately 60 participants added their own perceptions to the spontaneous action. A group of people expressed their support to those Armenian citizens who, despite many frauds, pressures, and the atmosphere of fear, found power in themselves to vote for their preferred candidates. In their opinion, the action was not a political but a civic one and no matter how the political powers resolve the issue in the end, they intended to support the common citizen.
