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    Emil Lazarian
  • 3 years ago
    • Categories: 2021

People displaced from Artsakh’s occupied regions protest outside Armenian government

Panorama, Armenia
Sept 9 2021

The people forcibly displaced from the Azerbaijani-occupied Shahumyan, Kashatagh, Shushi and Hadrut regions of the Artsakh Republic staged a protest outside the Armenian government building on Thursday.

The displaced people claim that they have been left out of the state support program, stating the headquarters in Armenia dealing with the issues of those displaced from Artsakh provide no assistance to them. The demonstrators demand that the authorities provide them with housing in any region of Armenia.

They note that if they do not receive support, they will have to apply to foreign embassies for asylum.

Artur Stepanyan, a resident of Hadrut, said that they demand a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan and are clarifying the day and time.

The displaced Artsakh residents said that the protests will be continuous and will be held in front of foreign embassies.

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