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    Syria: UN condemns the destruction of the Armenian Church in Deir Ezzor


    The Office of the United Nations for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Friday
    condemned the destruction mid-September of the Armenian Church in the
    city of Deir Ezzor in eastern Syria by "Daech", the Arabic name
    Islamic group in Iraq and the Levant (EIIL) state.

    "We condemn the destruction of the church and other religious
    institutions," said the spokesman of the OHCHR, Rupert Colville, at a
    press conference in Geneva.

    OHCHR reported that clashes between Syrian government forces and armed
    opposition groups cause destruction of religious and archaeological
    heritage of this country, and the number of attacks by opposition
    groups against religious people and buildings including churches, has
    risen sharply this year.

    "Government forces continue to place military targets close to
    cultural sites and even sometimes turn military bases. The Commission
    of Inquiry on Syria has documented several specific examples in its
    reports ", said the spokesman.

    "We are also concerned about the fate of the Syriac Archbishop Yohanna
    Ibrahim, and the Greek Orthodox Archbishop Paul Yazigi, Aleppo. The
    two men were abducted in Aleppo in April 2013, and the priest Paolo
    Dall'Oglio, who was kidnapped in Al-Raqqah in January, "he added.

    OHCHR noted that staff and religious heritage should be given special
    protection under international humanitarian law that all stakeholders
    are required to comply.

    Sunday, October 5, 2014,
    Stéphane © armenews.com
    http://www.armenews.com/article.php3?id_article=103954

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