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    ZARAKOLU ASKS ARMENIAN LEADER TO GRANT RESIDENCE TO ARTSAKH WAR HERO

    tert.am
    31.05.12

    Turkish publisher Rgagip Zarakolu, who was recently honored with
    presidential award in Armenia, has asked Serzh Sargsyan to grant
    residence to Karabakh war hero and ex-political prisoner Sargis
    Hatspanyan.

    In a letter to the president, the Turkish rights activist calls for
    assisting Hatspanyan, considering him a patriot who left France for
    Armenia back in the Soviet period to seek permanent residence in his
    home country.

    "I am unable to tell you anything about his patriotism as I am
    more than sure you know better this man who left Paris 23 years
    ago to find permanent residence in his homeland; he is one of the
    Diaspora-Armenians who never avoided sacrificing his life to protect
    his own nation, whose existence was at stake.

    According to the Turkish publisher, the Hatspanyan's being deprived
    of the right to live and work in Armenia after facing a jail term in
    the aftermath of the March 2008 post-electoral turmoil, is a serious
    problem for the activist whose wife and two children are Armenian
    citizens.

    Considering Hatspanyan his respected friend, Zarakoulu urgently
    requests the president to do everything possible to grant him the
    right to reside and work in his cherished homeland.

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