PROTEST ACTION AGAINST ARRESTS OF JAVAKHK ACTIVISTS TO BE HELD IN YEREVAN

PanARMENIAN.Net
23.02.2009 16:48 GMT+04:00

On the initiative of Mitq ananlitical center, Yerkir Union of Public
Organizations on Repatriation and Settlement, Javakhk Expatriates’
Community and 20 Armenian NGOs, a protest action will be held in
front of the Georgian Embassy in Armenia on Feb. 25.

"We intend to demand that Georgian authorities release Armenian
activists arrested in Samtskhe-Javakheti," head of Mitq analytical
center Edward Abrahamyan told a news conference today.

"These people were arrested for political reasons, being known by
their pro Armenian activities," Abrahamyan said.