Armenian bloggers call on UN to protect Javakhk ArmeniansMarch 10, 2011 - 15:15 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Member of the Republican Party of Armenia, Chairman of Javakhk compatriots’ union Shirak Torosyan said that the coordinating council for protection of the rights of Javakheti Armenians joins the online petition of Armenian bloggers to Secretary General of the UN Ban Ki-moon, President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso and Secretary General of the Council of Europe Thorbjorn Jagland. “Praising the initiative of Armenian bloggers, we officially join this process and will do our utmost to increase the number of signatures under the petition,” said Torosyan. He added that they plan to submit the online petition to Yerevan offices of these organizations in future, as well as apply to Armenian communities in Europe so that they raise the matter of Javakheti Armenians’ rights protection before their parliament members in various European structures. Chairman of Yerkir union Sevak Artsruni said for his part that the collection of signatures will show Georgia that there is a pan-Armenian approach to protection of Javakheti Armenians’ rights. The Georgian authorities are urged to stop the discriminative policy towards Javakheti Armenians, stop persecution of Armenian public activists, release Vahagn Chakhalyan, provide the Armenian language with a regional status in Javakhk, as well as provide a legal status to the Armenian Apostolic Church and return the churches confiscated during the Soviet times. Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |