A protest rally will be held on March 3 in front of the Euronews headquarters in Lyon, France in defense of Armenians of Javakhk and political leader of Javakhk Vahagn Chakhalyan, The participants will protest against discriminatory policies of Georgian authorities towards Javakhk Armenians, violations of human rights by the Georgian authorities and the rights of the Armenian Apostolic Church. The rally is organized by ‘rance-Javakhk’organization.

Javahk political leader Vahagn Chakhalyan on 7 April 2009 as a result a shameful violation of justice by Akhaltskhe court of first instance was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment. On 30 October 2009 Georgian Court of Appeals upheld the verdict intact. The case is currently is in the process of appeal to the Supreme Court of Georgia.