Minorities Archives - Page 2 of 5 - Onnik James Krikorian - Journalist, Photojournalist, Consultant

Beez Theatre's Qarınqulu Ayı Balası Spreads Messages of Friendship and Community

Mar 15, 2023 | Azerbaijan, Georgia, Minorities

The Caspian Post has published my story accompanied by photographs of the Beez Children’s Theatre. I remember them from just after the pandemic and always wanted to do a story on the troupe. I’ve spent a long time covering minority communities in the region – from the Yezidis in Armenia to the ethnic Armenian and Azerbaijani communities here in Georgia. At some point I must post more of this work that I’ve undertaken since 1998.

Cameraman Dies After Tbilisi Pride Attack, Shame Movement Protests Resume in Tbilisi

Jul 12, 2021 | Georgia, Human Rights, Media, Minorities

As if the situation following attempts to hold a Pride Week in Tbilisi couldn’t get any worse, yesterday they did when news surfaced that a TV cameraman who was attacked by a far-right mob had died.

Tbilisi Pride Celebrated, Attacked

Jul 7, 2021 | Georgia, Human Rights, Minorities, Radicalisation

Violence once again marred yet another attempt by Georgia’s marginalised and embattled LGBTQ community to hold Tbilisi Pride events in the capital. For the first two of three events held 1-5 July 2021, however, it seemed as though things might be different this year.

Armenia-Azerbaijan: The Risks for Georgia

Oct 27, 2020 | Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Minorities, Nagorno Karabakh, Radicalisation

Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso has published my latest update on how the 2020 Karabakh War between Armenia and Azerbaijan might affect Georgia’s two largest ethnic minorities. In 2016, OpenDemocracy published a similar piece of mine following the 4-day war. Local ethnic Armenian and Azerbaijani civil society activists warn that radicalisation among some individuals in the two communities continues, but that the situation still nonetheless remains relatively calm. This is an issue that does need to be monitored, however.

Unlikely Neighbours: Ethnic Armenian-Azeri Coexistence in Georgia

Jun 2, 2017 | Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Minorities, Nagorno Karabakh

With peace still looking elusive, and all signs pointing to the possibility of renewed fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed territory of Nagorno Karabakh, Stratfor recently published my photo story on ethnic Armenian-Azeri coexistence in Georgia.

Unlikely Neighbours: Ethnic Armenian-Azerbaijani Coexistence in Georgia

May 10, 2017 | Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Minorities, Nagorno Karabakh

Ethnic Armenians in Tsopi, Georgia, one of a few villages co-inhabited with ethnic Azerbaijanis @ Onnik James Krikorian First published by Stratfor. as part of my work on ethnic Armenian-Azerbaijani coexistence in Georgia also published by the BBC and Radio Free...

reWoven reVisited: Azerbaijani Carpets in Georgia

Oct 19, 2016 | Azerbaijan, Georgia, Minorities

After putting together a short report on reWoven, a sustainable development project to revive and support the tradition of hand weaving carpets among Georgia’s largest ethnic minority, a year ago for BBC Azeri, I returned last week to do another report, but this time in English for Meydan TV.

Some Positive News from Pankisi, Georgia

Mar 1, 2016 | Georgia, Minorities, Radicalisation

Radio Way (ICK/CCA), Duisi, Georgia © Onnik James Krikorian 2016 It’s not often there’s some positive news coming out of Pankisi, better known these days as the birth place of Tarkhan Batirashvili, aka ISIS’ Abu Omar al-Shishani, but some does exist. In addition to...

BBC Azeri: Azerbaijani Carpets Rewoven

Nov 1, 2015 | Azerbaijan, Georgia, Minorities

Last week BBC Azeri published my video report on reWoven, a sustainable development project to revive and sustain the art of traditional carpet weaving among Georgia’s ethnic Azeri minority. I had interviewed Ryan Smith, reWoven’s founder, over a month ago during an exhibition of some of the carpets made as part of the project, but only got to visit one of the villages where some of the weavers live last weekend.

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