IANYAN Magazine

Ani Gevorgyan,  a young journalist in Armenia was arrested on May 31 while covering an act of resistance initiated by young activists of the Armenian National Congress (HAK), according to a statement put out today by her employer, The Armenian Times or Haykakan Zhamanak by email and posted subsequently online.
Gevorgyan was covering the protest in [...]

This is the first part of a multi-series report dealing with Armenians and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender individuals.
On a Spring day in 2008, Herbert Hoover High school in Glendale, Calif. planned a “National Day of Silence.” Organized by the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network and held in April since 1996, the day was [...]

I have done stuff to stir the kids up before. Stuff that has made them say, “Mr. Chavoor, you can’t say that.” The first time I did it was in 1986 with 10th graders. I told them it was a just a true false test but the statements were racist stereotypes. True or False: Black [...]

Silva Harotonian, who had been detained in Iran since June 2008 on charges of fostering a “soft revolution” has been released, according to her employer, IREX.
“We are pleased Silva’s difficult ordeal is now over, and we are grateful for the Government of Iran’s display of compassion to this vibrant and kind-hearted young woman,” the [...]

I often think about what my life would have been like if my parents had decided to weather the Iranian Revolution and stay put in Tehran. At least on a superficial level I would look different, forced to wear a chador if and when I decided to step out of the house, but would my [...]

On Monday, thousands gathered in Yerevan to commemorate the deadly events of March 1, 2008, when large-scale violence broke out in the streets of Yerevan between police and oppositionists protesting the results of Armenia’s disputed presidential election two years ago. Levon Ter-Petrosyan, oppositionist leader and head of the Armenian National Congress, addressed crowds Monday night [...]

Five youth activists who were campaigning for political prisoner Nikol Pashinyan’s election campaign were beaten with fists and metal pipes and left with lacerations and contusions as a result, according to HIMA! youth initiative.
The five men were taken to a nearby hospital, where two men who were severely injured were transferred to another hospital. Vahagn [...]

The South Caucasus, along with the Middle East seems to be a perpetual hot bed for human rights violations, a major problem that continues to escalate in these war torn and economically unstable regions.  Though the issue extends to the citizens in those regions, they have spilled over to activists as well as journalists, which [...]