ANC Alert: Karabagh Documentary TONIGHT
Armenian National Committee of Australia Inc.
The Peak Public Affairs Committee of the Armenian-Australian Community 259 Penshurst Street, P.O. Box 768, Willoughby NSW 2068
Tel: (02) 9419 8264 Fax: (02) 9411 8898
Email: info@anc.net.au Web: www.anc.net.au
The Peak Public Affairs Committee of the Armenian-Australian Community 259 Penshurst Street, P.O. Box 768, Willoughby NSW 2068
Tel: (02) 9419 8264 Fax: (02) 9411 8898
Email: info@anc.net.au Web: www.anc.net.au
The ANC Australia wishes to inform our Community that a documentary about the Republic of Nagorno Karabagh will be broadcast on SBS television at 7:30pm tonight.
The ANCA encourages all members of the Australian Armenian community to watch this program as it brings to light the issue of Karabagh independence and the conflict between the Azeris and the Karabagh Armenians.
The ANCA will provide guidance for any action that may be required post-broadcast.
Details of the broadcast attained from the SBS website are as follows:
FRIDAY 6TH APRIL 2006
7:30PM
SBS TELEVISION
DOCUMENTARY SERIES * HOLIDAYS IN PLACES THAT DON'T EXIST - Karabagh
Holidays In Places That Don't Exist is a five-part series from the BBC that ventures into a few of the world's places that are not officially recognised as fully-functioning autonomous countries for various reasons, but ones that are nevertheless determined to be independent.
Presented by Simon Reeve, Nagorno-Karabagh is situated in south-western Azerbaijan and is a richly fertile area of striking beauty that has been scarred by its violent history. Azerbaijan and Armenia became independent after the collapse of the Soviet Union, but a mountainous area of Azerbaijan called Nagorno-Karabagh (NK) triggered war.
Historically it was mainly Armenian Christian, and when it wanted its own independence, Armenian troops helped the Karabagh army push the Azeri's out. Azerbaijan is still officially at war over NK, and Simon's journey starts in Azerbaijan on the frontline overlooking NK; he sprints across Open ground to avoid sniper fire.
The ongoing bitter rivalry for control between ethnic Armenians and Azeris has roots dating back well over a century to competition between Christian Armenian and Muslim Turkish and Persian influences. Simon and his crew enter Nagorno-Karabagh from Armenia and hear stories from both sides of the conflict about atrocities committed and people displaced from their
homeland. (From the UK, in English) (Final) CC WS
AYF Australia Public Affairs
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