Garen Jinbachian - OSCE Human Dimension Conf, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and the West | Ep 489, Nov 26, 2025 [EP489]
Scheduled for Wednesday, Nov 26, 2025 | Category: Armenia, artsakh, political prisoners | Series: cog
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Topics:
- Azerbaijan’s war crimes and impunity
- Sham trials of Artsakh leaders
- Silence of the OSCE and the West
- Armenia’s growing political repression
- Attacks on the Armenian Church
Episode 489 | Recorded: November 23, 2025
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Guests
Garen Jinbachian
Garen Jinbachian serves as the Community Coordinator for the Armenian National Committee of America - Western Region, where he leads grassroots engagement, community outreach, and youth education initiatives across the Western United States. In this role, he works closely with local chapters, community laeders, and elected officials to strengthen advocacy networks and advance policy priorities related to Artsakh, Armenia, and the Armenian-American community.
Garen oversees regional programs – including the ANCA-WR Summer Internship, advocacy trainings, school outreach, and public education efforts – while supporting strategic planning and organizational development. His work focuses on empowering community members, amplifying Armenian voices in civic spaces, and cultivating the next generation of activists and leaders committed to Hye Tahd (Հայ Դատ).
Hosts
Asbed Bedrossian
Asbed Bedrossian is an IT professional, and for years oversaw the central IT enterprise infrastructure and services at USC. His decades of experience spanned across IT strategy, enterprise architecture, infrastructure, cybersecurity, enterprise applications, data center operations, high performance computing, ITSM, ITPM, and more.
Asbed founded the Armenian News Network Groong circa 1989/1990, and co-founded the ANN/Groong podcast in 2020.
Hovik Manucharyan
Hovik Manucharyan is an information security engineer who moved from Seattle to Armenia in 2022. He co-founded the ANN/Groong podcast in 2020 and has been a contributor to Groong News since the late 1990s.
Disclaimer: The views expressed by Hovik Manucharyan on the ANN/Groong podcast are his own and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of his employer or any other organization.