Hayazn

{{Infobox political party | name = Hayazn | logo = Hayazn logo.png | logo_size = 225px | colorcode = #615C58 | leader = | president = | chairman =  | secretary_general = | spokesperson = | ideology = [[Armenian nationalism]]<ref>{{cite news|script-title=hy:Երևանի ավագանու ընտրություններում «Հայազն» կուսակցության ցանկը Անդրեաս Ղուկասյանի գլխավորելու լուրը կեղծ է|url=http://www.tert.am/am/news/2013/03/19/hayazn/|access-date=17 June 2014|work=[[tert.am]]|date=19 March 2013|language=hy|quote=...նորաստեղծ ազգայնական Հայազն կուսակցությունը...|archive-date=23 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130523095847/http://www.tert.am/am/news/2013/03/19/hayazn|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|script-title=hy:Նոր ազգայնական կուսակցության մուտքը Հայաստանի քաղաքական դաշտ. «Հայազն»|url=http://www.emedia.am/?p=30259/nor+azgaynakan+kusakcutyan+mutgy+hayastani+gaxagakan+dasht+hayazn+fotosharg|access-date=17 June 2014|date=31 January 2013|language=hy|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140617045308/http://www.emedia.am/?p=30259/nor+azgaynakan+kusakcutyan+mutgy+hayastani+gaxagakan+dasht+hayazn+fotosharg|archive-date=17 June 2014}}</ref><br>[[Revolutionary nationalism|National Revolutionary]] (self-described)<ref>{{cite news|script-title=hy:Հայազն-ը իրեն բնորոշում է որպես ազգային հեղափոխական կուսակցություն|url=http://168.am/2013/05/29/231174.html|access-date=29 January 2014|newspaper=168|date=29 May 2013|language=hy}}</ref><br>[[Euroscepticism]]<br>Anti-[[EAEU]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Hayazn. Armenia should stop participation in EU neighborhood program|url=http://www.panarmenian.net/arm/news/135851/l|access-date=6 August 2019}}</ref> | headquarters = [[Yerevan]] | website = | country = Armenia | chairperson =  | founder = Sergey Dalakyan, Sargis Chilincaryan, Hamlet Khamoyan, Heghine Sargsyan, Ani Sargsyan | slogan = | founded = 2009 (as an [[NGO]])<br />2013/2014 (as a political party) | newspaper = | paramilitary_wing = | membership_year = | membership = | seats1 =  | seats2_title = | seats2 = | seats3_title = | seats3 = | seats4_title = | seats4 = | symbol = | flag = | country_dab1 = | parties_dab1 = | elections_dab1 = | country2 = | country_dab2 = | parties_dab2 = | elections_dab2 = | footnotes = }}

'''Hayazn''' ({{langx|hy|Հայազն}}) is an [[Armenia]]n nationalist [[political party]], that was founded as a civil organization in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=hy:««ՀԱՅԱԶՆ» ԵՐԻՏԱՍԱՐԴՆԵՐԻ ՄԻԱԲԱՆՈՒԹՅՈՒՆ » ՀԿ|url=https://www.e-register.am/am/companies/211115|publisher=Electronic Register, Government of Armenia|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140617044452/https://www.e-register.am/am/companies/211115|archive-date=17 June 2014|language=hy |title=Electronic Register, Government of Armenia }}</ref> It declared itself a political party in 2013 and was registered as such in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=hy:««ՀԱՅԱԶՆ»» ԿՍ|url=https://www.e-register.am/am/companies/967390|publisher=Electronic Register, Government of Armenia|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140617044548/https://www.e-register.am/am/companies/967390|archive-date=17 June 2014|language=hy |title=Electronic Register, Government of Armenia }}</ref>

==Ideology== Hayazn has stated its opposition to Armenia's possible [[European integration|integration]] into the [[European Union]] or to the [[Eurasian Customs Union]] (which included at the time a customs union of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia).<ref name="arminfo"/> Hayazn has also called on the [[Government of Armenia]] to opt out of the [[European Neighbourhood Policy]] in the past.<ref>{{cite news|title="Հայազն". Հայաստանը պետք է դադարեցնի մասնակցությունը Եվրոպական միության "հարևանության" ծրագրին ''(Hayazn: Armenia should stop the participation in the European Neighbourhood Policy)''|url=http://www.panarmenian.net/arm/news/135851/|access-date=13 December 2012|date=5 December 2012|agency=[[PanARMENIAN.Net]]|language=hy}}</ref>

Hayazn opposes any official recognition by Armenia of the [[Artsakh Republic]]. Instead, Hayazn supports the unification of the Artsakh Republic as an integral part of Armenia, turning Artsakh into an additional Armenian province within the borders of an expanded Armenian Republic.<ref>{{cite news|title="Հայազն". Լեռնային Ղարաբաղի անկախության ճանաչումը սխալ է ''(Hayazn: Recognition of Artsakh is wrong)''|url=https://news.am/arm/news/121219.html|access-date=13 December 2012|date=16 September 2012|agency=News.am|language=hy}}</ref><ref name=lragir>{{cite news|title=Հայազն Կուսակցության հայտարարությունը|url=http://www.lragir.am/index/arm/0/politics/view/84530|access-date=20 June 2013|newspaper=Lragir|date=20 June 2013|archive-date=23 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130623011044/http://www.lragir.am/index/arm/0/politics/view/84530|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In internal affairs, Hayazn was opposed to [[Serzh Sargsyan]]'s government and has condemned its internal and foreign policies, in particular the way it handled the [[Nagorno-Karabakh conflict]] within the [[OSCE Minsk Group]].<ref>{{cite news|title="Հայազն" միություն. Անհապաղ վերանայել "պատասխան գործողությունների" մեր չափանիշը ''(Hayazn: Government needs to revise its policy of response in the border zone)''|url=http://www.hraparak.am/68781/|access-date=13 December 2012|date=6 June 2012|agency=Hraparak|language=hy|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130114174324/http://www.hraparak.am/68781/|archive-date=14 January 2013}}</ref> The party called for a "no" vote in the [[2015 Armenian constitutional referendum|2015 constitutional referendum]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Nikoghosyan|first1=Alina|title=More "No" from Minor Political Party: Hayazn adds its voice to opposition over amendments|url=http://armenianow.com/news/constitution/67858/hayazn_political_party_shirak_torosyan_constitutional_amendments|work=ArmeniaNow|date=17 November 2015|access-date=7 December 2015|archive-date=11 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151211052817/http://armenianow.com/news/constitution/67858/hayazn_political_party_shirak_torosyan_constitutional_amendments|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Activities== Although Hayazn was not registered as a political party, and couldn't legally participate in the [[2012 Armenian parliamentary election|2012 parliamentary election]], the party nonetheless refused to participate.<ref>{{cite news|title="Հայազն" միությունն ընտրություններին մասնակցելու իմաստ չի տեսնում ''(Hayazn Union sees no point in participating in the parliamentary election)''|url=http://hayeli.am/%D5%B0%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%A6%D5%B6-%D5%B4%D5%AB%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A9%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6%D5%B6-%D5%A8%D5%B6%D5%BF%D6%80%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A9%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6%D5%B6%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%AB/|access-date=13 December 2012|date=28 March 2012|agency=Hayeli|language=hy}}</ref> It blamed mainstream opposition parties ([[Armenian Revolutionary Federation]], [[Armenian National Congress]], [[Heritage (Armenia)|Heritage]]) for not being "pro-people", and the government for electoral fraud which resulted in the formation of, what they call, an illegitimate government.<ref>{{cite news|title=Հայաստանում ԱԺ ընտրություններն անցել են ընտրակեղծիքներով. "Հայազն" միություն ''(Hayazn: Election was held with major fraud)''|url=http://www.tert.am/am/news/2012/06/01/hayazn/|access-date=13 December 2012|date=1 June 2012|agency=Tert.am|language=hy|archive-date=5 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120705142800/http://www.tert.am/am/news/2012/06/01/hayazn|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In June 2011, the party started to collect signatures for granting citizenship of [[Jirair Sefilian]], a Lebanese-born Armenian military commander of the [[First Nagorno-Karabakh War]]. More than 4,000 signatures were gathered.<ref name="sefilian">{{cite news|title=Hayazn collects signatures to back up Zhirayr Sefilyan's bid for Armenian citizenship|url=http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/72514/Hayazn_collects_signatures_to_back_up_Zhirayr_Sefilyans_bid_for_Armenian_citizenship|access-date=10 December 2012|date=15 June 2011|agency=[[PanARMENIAN.Net]]}}</ref> However, the relationship with Sefilian deteriorated, when on 2 September 2013 Hayazn members reportedly attacked and beat-up Varuszhan Avetisyan, the press secretary and member of the [[Pre-Parliament (Armenia)|Pre-Parliament]].<ref name="Առավոտ Նախախորհրդարան">[http://www.aravot.am/2013/09/03/282806 Ըստ «Նախախորհրդարանի»՝ «Հայազն» կուսակցության անդամները հարձակվել են իրենց մամուլի խոսնակի վրա]</ref>

On 1 September 2012, Hayazn organized a protest during which several of its members burnt the [[Hungarian flag]] as an act of protest against [[Ramil Safarov]]'s release to Azerbaijan.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hungarian flag burned|url=http://www.a1plus.am/en/politics/2012/09/01/drosh|access-date=14 December 2012|date=1 September 2012|agency=[[A1plus]]}}</ref> They also demanded the resignation of the Foreign Minister [[Eduard Nalbandyan]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Hayazn Union demands immediate resignation of Armenian Foreign Minister|url=http://www.arminfo.info/index.cfm?objectid=9F51E880-F428-11E1-9CECF6327207157C|access-date=14 December 2012|date=1 September 2012|agency=Arminfo}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Citizens' Fury Won't Stop. Ramil Safarov shouldn't have been extradited|url=http://www.1in.am/eng/armenia_asociety_1655.html|access-date=14 December 2012|date=1 September 2010|agency=[[1in.am]]|archive-date=5 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905003717/http://www.1in.am/eng/armenia_asociety_1655.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On 21 May 2012, Hayazn organized a parallel march in opposition to a "Diversity march" organized by the [[LGBT]] community of Armenia. The march was stopped prematurely, because LGBT activists were afraid of their safety.<ref name="hra.am">{{Cite web |url=http://www.hra.am/hy/point-of-view/2012/05/22/bazmazanutyun |title=Բռնության սպառնալիքների պատճառով "Բազմազանության շաբաթը" չի կայանա |access-date=2014-02-13 |archive-date=2018-07-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722050742/http://hra.am/hy/point-of-view/2012/05/22/bazmazanutyun |url-status=dead }}</ref> On 10 October 2012, Hayazn organized a protest in front of [[Germany]]'s embassy in Yerevan protesting against the presentation of the film ''[[The Parade (film)|The Parade]]'' about gay activism in [[Serbia]]. The party stated that they would not tolerate "propaganda of immorality".<ref name="panorama.am">{{cite news|title=Հայազն միություն. Չենք դադարեցնելու մեր պայքարը պղծությունների քարոզի դեմ ''(Hayazn: We Will not stop our struggle against the spread of immorality)''|url=http://www.panorama.am/am/society/2012/10/10/hayazn/|access-date=14 December 2012|agency=[[1in.am]]|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924064650/http://www.panorama.am/am/society/2012/10/10/hayazn/|url-status=dead}}</ref> During anti-Putin protests on 2 December 2013, several members of Hayazn attacked LGBT rights activist and demanded that they do not fly the [[Rainbow flag]] during the protests.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://en.aravot.am/2013/12/04/162818/ |title=Lala Aslikyan. "The rights of homosexuals are violated in CU member countries." (Video) |access-date=2014-02-13 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304040041/http://en.aravot.am/2013/12/04/162818/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Throughout spring 2013, Hayazn was a vocal opponent of leasing land in the [[Syunik Province]] to [[Iran]]ian pastures.<ref>{{cite news|title=Protest Demonstration Under "No Persian Sheep in Syunyats Gorge" Slogan|url=http://www.ecolur.org/en/news/dialog-with-officials/protest-demonstration-under-vno-persian-sheep-in-syunyats-gorgev-slogan/4575/|access-date=28 April 2013|date=14 February 2013|agency=Ecolur}}</ref>

Hayazn took an active role in the [[2013 Armenian protests|2013 anti-government protests]]. On 2 December 2013, along with several other political parties, they took to the streets to protest [[Russia]]'s president [[Vladimir Putin]]'s visit to Armenia and Serzh Sargsyan's decision to join the [[Customs Union of Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Russia]].<ref name="arminfo">{{cite news|last=Avanesov|first=Alexandr|title=Armenian opposition to welcome Russian president with protests|url=http://www.arminfo.info/index.cfm?objectid=9C005840-5B26-11E3-9A420EB7C0D21663|access-date=20 December 2013|newspaper=ArmInfo|date=2 December 2013}}</ref>

The party did not participate in the [[2018 Armenian parliamentary election]].

==See also== {{Portal|Politics}} * [[National Revival (Artsakh)]] - Nationalist party in [[Republic of Artsakh|Artsakh]]. * [[Programs of political parties in Armenia]]

==References== {{Reflist|30em}} {{Armenian nationalism}} {{Armenian political parties}}

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