Tag Archives: human rights
Sunni people are in danger in Azerbaijan
Religious intolerance in Azerbaijan worries local Sunni muslims Mosque demolitions in Baku undermine tolerance claims and lead some to accuse the government of clinging onto the Soviet system of keeping a tight rein on believers, Leyla Amirova reports for IWPR. … Continue reading
The armenian attorney is banned from defending Vahagn Chakhalian’s interests
On the eve, Vahagn Chakhalian’s protector of rights Stepan Voskanian visited Tbilisi to meet the activist. At the place of confinement, the police prevented Stepan Voskanian to meet the accused. Vahagn Chakhalian is illegally deprived of freedom more than 7 … Continue reading
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In Respect of the Detention of the Armenian Public Activists of Georgia
On January 22, 2009 the special forces of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia detained Grigor Minasyan, the director of the Akhaltskha Armenian Youth Center of Samtskhe-Javakheti Region of Georgia and Sargis Hakobjanyan, the chairman of “Charles Aznavour” charitable … Continue reading
Please spread.Declaration of the Georgian Peace Committee
Once more Georgia was launched into a situation of chaos and bloodshed. A new fratricidal war exploded with renewed strength on Georgian soil. To our great disappointment, the alerts of the Georgian Peace Committee and of progressive personalities of Georgia … Continue reading
Armenia.1-st of March 2008.Update from police.
The only issue included in the agenda of yesterday’s session of the interim parliamentary committee investigating the March 1-2 events and their causes concerned the disclosure of the details and circumstances of the incident that took place on the Theatrical … Continue reading
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Novruzali Mammadov.I am brought to trial for my ethnicity, for my being a Talysh
68-year-old linguist Novruzali Mammadov, Deputy President of the Talysh Cultural Center, Editor-in-Chief of the Talysh-language newspaper Tolyshi Sado (Voice of the Talysh), and Head of a Department at the Philology Institute of the Academy of Science of Azerbaijan, was … Continue reading
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