International Hrant Dink Award announced the submission of nominations for 2010 AwardMay 6, 2010 - 16:36 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Jury of the International Hrant Dink Award announced submission of nominations for 2010 Award. The annual International Hrant Dink Award is presented to individuals, organizations and groups that work for a free and just world without discrimination, racism and violence, who take personal risks for achieving those ideals, who break the stereotypes by giving inspiration and hope to others. With this Award, the Hrant Dink Foundation aims to remind all those who struggle for these ideals that their voices are heard and they are not alone. The winners will be announced on September 15, 2010, on the birthday of Hrant Dink, Editor-in-Chief of Agos Armenian-Turkish newspaper, who was assassinated in Istanbul on January 19, 2007. As reported by Yerevan Press Club, the International Hrant Dink Award Jury consists of: author Adalet Agaoglu; journalists Alper Gormus and Amira Hass (both of them are winners of the Hrant Dink Award 2009); Boris Navasardian, President of Yerevan Press Club; Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Member of the European Parliament; journalist Hasan Cemal; Irene Khan, former Secretary General of Amnesty International; feminist intellectual Judith Butler; Rakel Dink, President of the Board of Directors of the Hrant Dink Foundation. Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with Stephan Schütz, Executive Partner at Gerkan, Marg and Partners. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. Partner news | Lemkin Institute petition seeks release of Armenians in Azerbaijan The Lemkin Institute is deeply concerned about the continued illegal detention of political prisoners from Karabakh in Azerbaijan. Pashinyan: Armenia’s desired goal is “on the horizon” Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has said that Armenia is moving forward “without interruption”. 17 bridges collapse as a result of floods in Armenia As a result of floods in Armenia’s northern Lori and Tavush provinces, 17 bridges, including five large ones, have collapsed. Armenia: Top cleric to retain title as he bids to become interim PM Galstanyan said earlier that the interim government would be tasked with stopping the “destruction of our homeland”. |