Announcement

Collapse
No announcement yet.

Georgia initiates new trials against Javakheti political activists

Collapse
X
 
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts

  • Georgia initiates new trials against Javakheti political activists

    PRESS RELEASE
    YERKIR UNION
    EUrope
    Mail: [email protected]
    Web: http://www.yerkir.eu/

    ARMENIA
    Contact: Robert Tatoyan
    Mobile: +374 94 36 17 93
    Email: [email protected]
    Web: http://www.yerkir.org/


    January 25, 2010



    The Georgian authorities initiate new trials against Javakheti political
    activists


    The Georgian authorities have initiated new legal proceedings against
    the Javakheti political activists Gurgen Shirinyan and Aram Batoyan.
    Thus, in October 2009 the Akhalkalaki district court, carring out the
    trial in absentia sentenced Gurgen Shirinyan to three years'
    imprisonment on charges of hooliganism against the members of the
    Georgian military police in March 2005. This new sentence was added to
    an already existing sentence of 17 years' imprisonment that was
    adopted in respect of the Javakheti activist by Akhaltskha District
    Court in December 2008 also in absentia.

    Currently Akhalkalaki District Court holds proccedings in abcentia on
    the case of the Javakheti political activist Aram Batoyan, manager of
    Javakhk Sports and Culture Union's Center (organization, led by
    Vahagn Chakhalyan). He is charged by the Georgian authorities with
    possession of weapons allegedly found during the search of the building
    of the Center on July 21, 2008.

    `Yerkir' Union is strongly convinced that by these new
    trials in absentia over the Javakheti political activists, the Georgian
    authorities pursue the objective of strengthening the regime of state
    terror in the region, and furthering the feelings of fear among the
    Javakheti Armenians.

    Given the above, `Yerkir' Union demands from the
    Georgian authorities:

    1. To immediately conduct a new impartial investigation into the events
    of July 17=80=9021, 2008 in Akhalkalaki;

    2. To revise all the sentences in respect of the Javakheti political
    activists and the members of their families;

    3. To stop all the police repressions and political persecutions against
    the Javakheti political activists.

    `Yerkir' Union calls on the international organizations
    and accredited diplomatic missions in Georgia to draw close attention to
    the situation in Javakheti, to step up pressure on the Georgian
    authorities to put an end to the repression inflicted on the Armenians
    in the region.

    yerkir Union
    Contact Europe: [email protected]
    Contact Arménie: Robert Tatoyan: + 374 (0) 94 36 17 93 -
    <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]
Working...
X