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Ragıp Zarakolu, Turkish activist, one of the founders of the Human Rights Association in Turkey, publisher of several books on the Armenian Genocide and on Kurdish issues, convicted several times for his advocacy and defense of the freedom of expression,

Videos l Photos TEDx Yerevan, held on Saturday, September 25, 2010, was born of the desire of a group of TED devotees who had already spent months translating TED talks into Armenian. Beyond Borders was chosen as the theme. Salpi

Civilitas Honorary Board member, world famous musician and human rights activist Serj Tankian met with Civilitas founder Vartan Oskanian and director Salpi Ghazarian before his first concert in Yerevan, on August 12. The Yerevan concert was one stop in a

In cooperation with Counterpart International, the Civilitas Foundation hosted a public forum entitled “The Politics of Culture”  with guest speakers actress Arsinee Khanjian, film director and Civilitas Honorary Board member Atom Egoyan, photographer Hrair Hawk Khatcherian and designer Armen Kyurkchyan.

Civilitas programs work in so many different directions, that the simplest way of explaining what we do is to say — we do what we can to strengthen civil society in Armenia. If that means helping a farmer stand on

Salpi Ghazarian: I would like to briefly introduce a member of our honorary board, a man who has for decades, even before the Soviet Union fell and even before it was fashionable, studied self-determination movements, insurgencies, and the issues and

Read l Watch “In this changing world, the cards that Armenians are holding  are not getting better,” said Gerard Chaliand, an international expert in armed conflict studies and international and strategic relations. Chaliand, a member of the Honorary Board of

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World-renowned musician and Civilitas board-member, Serj Tankian, is making his debut solo performance in Armenia. The Armenian American lead singer of the Grammy-award winning rock band System of a Down will perform in Yerevan in August 12.  In addition to

Watch On June 8, 2010, the Civilitas Foundation hosted a panel discussion on “Non-governmental Organizations: Achievements and Failures” at the Ani Plaza Hotel.  The panel included the director of the Norovank Foundation, Gagik Harutyunyan, writer and journalist Marine Petrosyan, and