In-person
Past Event: Artak Beglaryan
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- Past Event: Fri Apr 25, 2025 12:00 p.m.—1:15 p.m.
Documenting Disappearance: Humanitarian Journalism and the Fall of Artsakh (Karabakh)
This talk will explore the intersection of human rights advocacy and journalism in crisis settings. Drawing from his first-hand experience as a spokesperson during the 2020 and 2023 conflicts, Artak Beglaryan will discuss:
• How he used journalism—through articles, interviews, and video briefings—to document war crimes, ethnic cleansing, and human rights violations;
• Challenges of representing stateless, displaced, or silenced populations in international media;
• The ethical and practical dilemmas of advocacy journalism in zones of conflict and limited access;
• The evolving role of personal testimony and digital communication in shaping global responses to humanitarian crises.
The presentation will resonate with students and faculty interested in journalism, law, political science, genocide studies, and international affairs. His talk will also reflect on the erasure of Artsakh and the role of journalists in preserving cultural memory amid systemic denial.
Artak Beglaryan will also be featured in The Right of Return and the Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) Armenians panel discussion on April 25 at 5 pm: https://www.instagram.com/p/DIxMhomxdXq/?next=%2F
Location
Watson Center, Room A51
60 Sachem St.
About the Speakers
Artak Beglaryan is a blind human rights advocate, former State Minister, and former Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Artsakh. He has played a central role in documenting and communicating the humanitarian crises affecting the Armenian population of Artsakh—particularly during the 2020 war, the 2022–2023 blockade, and the 2023 Azerbaijani military offensive that led to the mass displacement and effective dissolution of the Republic. Through extensive work with international media, op-eds, interviews, and field documentation, Beglaryan has emerged as a key figure in bringing the region’s story to the global stage.
Co-sponsored by the Genocide Studies Program Yale Armenian Network.