Serj Tankian favors idea of rock festival to support Armenian Genocide recognitionAugust 12, 2010 - 19:14 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - World-known musician of Armenian origin, former SOAD frontman Serj Tankian favors the idea of rock festival to support Armenian Genocide recognition. “I can’t foretell where I’ll be and what’ I’ll do in 2015 (100th anniversary of Armenian Genocide). I like the idea of organizing a rock festival to support Armenian Genocide recognition, yet don’t know if I’ll participate,” the singer told a news conference on August 12. Serj Tankian characterized his rock-actions aimed to increase Genocide awareness as successful, noting however, that there are other means to express one’s position on the issue. Dwelling on problems covered in his songs, the singer pointed out, “I prefer to refer to universal issues. However, words of freedom and national identity can be responded anywhere in the world, regardless of song author’s nationality,” he concluded. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Titus, Bilirakis lead legislation to sanction Azerbaijani war criminals Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) have introduced the bipartisan legislation. Azerbaijan must respect human rights, Scholz tells Aliyev German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for greater respect for human rights in Azerbaijan. Armenia: Defense Ministry warns against involving army in political processes The Ministry’s statement came after a video surfaced online, showing soldiers joining the protests in Tavush. Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. |