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    THE OMBUDSMAN OF GEORGIA VISITED WOUNDED KAREN BALOYAN

    Panorama.am
    13:35 13/03/06

    On 11th of March representatives of the Ombudsman of Georgia together
    with the leaders of ACCG visited the Aramyants hospital #1 of Tbilisi,
    where Karen Baloyan was placed after having been attacked on the 9th
    of March in Tsalka together with the group of other ethnic Armenian
    residents of Georgia.

    The Public defender of Georgia Mr. Sozar Subari asked Mr. Baloyan
    about his condition and also about the incident in Tsalka. Mr. Karen
    Baloyan stated that neither he or any of his friends were acquainted
    with the criminals previously.

    The Ombudsmanīs Assistant Mr. Beka Mindiashvili had visited the scene
    of crime in Tsalka and presented his opinion about the crime. Mr. Sozar
    Subari offered his assistance to the victim of the attack and expressed
    hope for prompt conclusion of the case and a fair punishment of the
    criminals involved.

    As previously reported, on the 9th of March at about 18:00 an armed
    attack on ethnic Armenian residents of in the town of Tsalka of
    Georgia took place.

    The attack happened in the town centre, after the young men
    have just finished their tea in a cafe. Once the boys were about
    to get into their car they were suddenly attacked. According to
    eye-witness testimonies and also a testimony of one of the victims,
    there were about fifteen attackers and many of them were armed with
    cold weapons. As a result of stabbing Mr. Gevorg Gevorkyan, 23, was
    murdered and Mr. V. Sahakyan, 25, was wounded. Mr. Karen Baloyan,
    25, was transferred to Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, where 7 hours
    after the injury he was placed in the Aramyants city Hospital #1.

    Wounded into his left lung, Mr. Baloyan had to travel four hours
    on a car on a wrecked motorway to get to the Hospital. In spite of
    significant loss of blood and bad injuries his condition today is
    satisfactory.

    Georgiaīs Ombudsman conducted press-conference regarding Tsalka
    events On the 11th of March a press conference was conducted in public
    defenderīs office regarding the incident that took place on the 9th of
    March as a result of which Mr. Gevorg Gevorgyan was killed and other
    ethnic Armenian citizens of Georgia were injured to various degrees.

    According to official data, five suspects were detained by the Police
    of Georgia and other suspects are searched for.

    The incident provoked a mass protest of ethnic Armenian residents
    of Javakhk region, which later grew into violence. The demonstration
    was dismissed by special security service of the Ministry of Internal
    Affairs of Georgia based in other regions of Georgia.

    The next day after the collision a group of representatives of the
    Public Defender of Georgia arrived in Tsalka.

    After having preliminarily studied the case the Ombudsman of Georgia
    Mr. Sozar Subari stated that the conflict happened based on īcommonī
    grounds. Public defender called to let government officials finish
    the investigation of Tsalka events without any pressure or hindrance.

    Mr. Karen Elchyan, President of the Armenian Centre of Cooperation of
    Georgia, has also come out with a statement. He expressed condolences
    to the family of the murder victim and presented the official position
    of his organization. He stated that there are two different versions
    of the motivation of the crime, and one of the versions, namely the
    ethnic hatred motivation, is held by the victims of the crime.

    Responding to a journalistīs question regarding Javakhk Armeniansī
    requests of autonomy for Javakhk he noted that such requests are
    entirely lawful and are based on the principles of federalism and
    territorial integrity of state. Residents of the region, he stated,
    are convinced that granting Javakhk autonomy would contribute to
    fulfillment of their obligations and rights as of citizens of Georgia.

    The Armenian Apostolic Church Diocese of Georgia has also commented
    on the events in Tsalka. The Assistant to the Head of the Diocese of
    Armenian Apostolic Church, Mr. Levon Isakhanyan supported the position
    of Mr. Karen Elchyan regarding the existence of two versions of
    motivation of the crime. He added that such crimes are consequence of
    anti-Armenian hysteria, launched by the means of Georgian mass-media.

    On behalf of the Diocese, he called for the appropriate government
    bodies to pay sufficient attention to the problems of the Armenian
    Apostolic Church Diocese of Georgia, interethnic relations
    and defending rights of the ethnic minorities residing in
    Georgia.

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