PROTEST RALLY IN DEFENSE OF JAVAKHK ARMENIANS AND VAHAGN CHAKHALYAN TO BE HELD IN LYON

PanARMENIAN.Net
23.02.2010 15:52 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ 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.