Mrs. Belhassen Heads FIDH Delegation To Armenia

MRS. BELHASSEN HEADS FIDH DELEGATION TO ARMENIA

Aysor, Armenia
March 25 2010

Delegation of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH),
including Federation’s President Mrs. Souhayr Belhassen, Executive
Director Antoine Bernard, Chief of the Department for Foreign Affairs
Isabelle Sheban, and Chief of the Department for Eastern Europe and
Central Asia Alexander Kulaev, is arriving in Armenia’s capital of
Yerevan today.

Within the framework of the preparation works for 37th FIDH Conference,
which is scheduled to be launched in assistance with the Civil
Society Foundation on April 6-10, delegates are reported to hold
several meetings, and a conference on March 26 – the International
Day in Support of Victims of Torture. Conference’s participants are
expected to deliver a report on implementation of justice in Armenia
and the 2008 Report of the Observatory for the Protection of Human
Rights Defenders.

The 26 March conference will be attended by more than 250 participants,
who have already confirmed their attendance.

FIDH delegation will complete its working visit to Armenia by March 28.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS