ARMENIANS OF JAVAKHK AGAIN THREATENED
Noyan Tapan
Armenians Today
May 18 2006
AKHALKALAK, MAY 18, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. On May 16,
leaflets in Russian of threatening character were spread in
Akhalkalak. According to the A-Info agency, the leaflets contained
the picture of a half moon and a star and the following was
written under the signature “Brigade of Liberation of Akhaltsikhe”:
“The time of retribution for our humiliations has come. Remember
1915. Gevorgian died, the next is Rastakian”. Gevorgian is the family
name of the Armenian young man killed in March in Tsalka during the
incident between the Armenians and the Georgians and Rastakian is the
distorted family name of Co-chairman of non-registered party “Virk”
David Rstakian. Representative of the Council of the Armenian NGOs
of Javakhk Khachatur Stepanian reminded that such leaflets were also
spread in October of the last year in Akhalkalak.
According to him, at that time the representative of the National
Security Service in Georgia “promised to reveal in short terms who
threatens the population” but nothing has been done by now. “It
only remains again to raise the question of guarantees of security
of the Armenians of Javakheti before the Georgian authorities and
the international organizations,” Khachatur Stepanian concluded. On
his part, David Rstakian declared that “if in connection with the
withdrawal of the Russian military base from Akhalkalak the Minister of
Internal Affairs and National Security declares about his confidence
that the situation in Javakheti is under his control, he is obliged
to reveal those who spread the leaflets”.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
