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(b) Interviews Conducted by the Author
- Interview with Armenian policy analyst, 8 October, Yerevan, Armenia
- Interview with Armenian head of a prodemocracy advocacy organisation, 10 October, Yerevan, Armenia
- Interview with Armenian chairman of human rights advocacy organisation, 12 October, Yerevan, Armenia
- Interview with pastor in Seventh-Day Adventist organisation, 12 October, Yerevan, Armenia
- Interview with head and two Armenian employees of a prodemocracy advocacy organisation, 17 October, Yerevan, Armenia
- Interviews with two Holy See officials, 18 October, Etchmiadzin Monastery, Vagharshapat, Armenia
- Interview with Hranush Kharatyan, head of the Committee for Ethnic Minorities and Religious Organisations, 20 October, Yerevan, Armenia
- Interview with American volunteers belonging to the Church of Latter-day Saints, 21 October, Yerevan, Armenia
- Interview with three female Armenian Jehovah's Witnesses, 28 October, Yerevan, Armenia