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The inside of the home owned by sisters Roza and Birana Abdullayeva. Photo: Seymur Kazimov/OC Media.

Armenia

The July escalation: Azerbaijani civilians in the line of fire

by Seymur Kazimov

•5 min read

On 12 July 2020, fighting broke out on the northern section of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, lasting for several days. As soldiers on the frontline exchanged fire, artillery shells fell on the villages of Armenia’s Tavush Province and Azerbaijan’s Tovuz District. OC Media travelled to the border regions of both countries to speak with the civilians who found themselves in the line fighting and to share their stories. Below is our report from the Azerbaijani side of the border. You

Many houses in the Tavush region were badly damaged. Photo: Armine Avetisyan / OC Media.

Armenia

The July escalation: Armenian civilians in the line of fire

by Armine Avetisyan

•5 min read

Amulsar

Rural communities in Armenia give mining companies the boot

by Samson Martirosyan

•7 min read

In 2018, a group of local residents in Armenia’s Tavush region decided to stand up to a mining company. Now other communities are following suit as a revolution of ‘direct democracy’ seems poised to sweep the countryside. Mining companies in Armenia’s hinterlands have met with new forms of public resistance that some herald as the rebirth of local democracy in the countryside. Recent mining projects in the Armenian regions of Vayots Dzor and Tavush have provoked protest, boycotts, and

Armenia

Far from Baku and Yerevan’s political games: life goes on in the border villages

by Volodymyr Soboliev

•5 min read

In the Armenian villages along the Azerbaijani border, sporadic violence intermingles with people’s daily lives. While people here try to build a future, they are aware that their livelihoods are often at the mercy of politicians from both sides. Unfinished war Several years ago, after machine gun fire shot through Mayranush Aleksanyan’s garden, the 58-year-old woman asked her husband to teach her how to shoot. Zakar Aleksanyan is a member of Armenia’s Union of hunters, so there

Armenia

Fire and logging threaten Armenia’s forests

by Volodymyr Soboliev

•5 min read

Despite a ban, industrial and small scale logging for firewood is still relatively commonplace, as it’s a more affordable than gas, and fires continue to ravage vast tracts of in Armenia’s forests. A number of local and international organisations are trying to fight back, to protect and restore Armenia’s forests. [Read in Armenian — Հոդվածը հայերեն կարդացեք] ‘Best case scenario, two-thirds of our forests remain’ Samvel Sarukhanyan, 67, lives in the village of Dovegh, bordering Azerbai