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    EUROPEAN ARMENIAN FEDERATION For Justice & Democracy
    Avenue de la Renaissance 10
    B-1000 Bruxelles
    Tel/ Fax: +32 2 732 70 27/26
    Website :Eafjd [1]

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    THE EUROPEAN ARMENIAN FEDERATION RESTORES THE BALANCE

    IN AN EVENT FOR AZERI REFUGEES
    EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT (BRUSSELS) ` The European Armenian Federation
    for Justice and Democracy informs that, on Thursday 9th February 2011,
    an event was organized by the NGO `Human Rights Without
    Frontiers', under the patronage of the EP Vice President, Mr.
    László Tőkés. The event was titled `_The Humanitarian
    Consequences of an Unresolved Conflict: Nagorno Karabakh_'.

    As a result of the European Armenian Federation's timely
    interventions, MEPs and other bodies' reactions, Mr. Tőkés
    changed the program of the event, and did not give the floor to the
    assumed refugee from Khojalu.

    The European Armenian Federation also informs that during the
    meeting, the Azerbaijani Embassy's collaborators blatantly and
    violently confiscated the fact sheets prepared by the Federation for
    the occasion (available on the website:
    http://achkhar.eafjd.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3477&qid=1022493 [4] )

    Later, the Azerbaijanis were surprised when Mr. Tőkés stated
    that Human Rights are universal, and reminded to the audience of his
    speech at the EP's plenary session of November 22, 2010, on the
    occasion of the 95th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, where he
    called on the EP President Mr. Jerzy Buzek to demand the EU member
    states to recognize the Armenian Genocide. Mr Willy Fautré, the
    director of `Human Rights Without Frontiers' and Mr Scott Crosby,
    lawyer, concluded the event by resuming the current humanitarian
    situation of Azerbaijani refugees without any debate with the
    audience.

    `_We congratulate Mr._ _László Tőkés for his engagement in
    Human Rights' issues and recognizing the Armenian Genocide_',
    announced Hilda Tchoboian, President of the Federation.

    The European Armenian Federation considers that the imbalanced
    treatment by the international community regarding refugees in Armenia
    and Azerbaijan is not justified. `_Those Azerbaijanis who left
    Armenia after 1988 received financial reparations from Armenia; but
    Azerbaijan still has to compensate the Armenian survivors who fled
    from Sumgait, Kirovabad, Mingechaour and Baku massacres to find refuge
    in Armenia and Karabakh_. _We call upon Armenian and European
    humanitarian structures to raise the issue of the Armenian refugees'
    horrible conditions within their political institutions_'.

    The Federation points out that, for years, Azerbaijan has been
    exploiting the Azerbaijani refugees' issue to its own benefit.
    `_The European Union has to grant protection and assistance to
    Armenian refugees too. We have raised this question with the EU
    Special Representative to the South Caucasus, Mr. Peter Semneby,
    within the framework of the EU Eastern Partnership with Armenia and
    Azerbaijan_', concluded Hilda Tchoboian.




    From: A. Papazian
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