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  • Attack Against Armenians In Tsalka Result Of Incorrect Ethnic Policy

    ATTACK AGAINST ARMENIANS IN TSALKA RESULT OF INCORRECT ETHNIC POLICY OF GEORGIAN AUTHORITIES

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    13.03.2006 19:49 GMT+04:00

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ March 11 thousands took part in a protest rally
    in Akhalkalaki against murder of Gevorg Gevorgyan, 23, in Tsalka
    town. Participants of the rally in the administrative center of
    Georgian Samtskhe-Javakheti region, mostly populated by Armenians,
    censured the murder and noted it is a direct outcome of incorrect
    ethnic policy of Georgian authorities. Those present adopted a
    statement addressed to Georgian authorities, Armenians living in that
    country and the international community, urging the authorities to
    stop policy of pressure upon Armenians.

    "Analyzing latest occurrences in Georgian regions populated by
    Armenians, specifically provocative actions in Tsalka on March 9
    and being concerned over security of the Armenian population and
    sustaining stability, we urge Georgian authorities to stop settling
    regions populated by Armenians with other ethnic groups, which results
    in tension, solve problems in Javakheti by means of democratic tools,
    ensure actual security for local Armenians, review law on state
    language, for Armenian to be a state language in Samtskhe-Javakheti
    equal to Georgian," the statement says.

    At that authors urge all peoples living in Georgia to "recognize
    that inter-ethnic tension does not fit anyone's interests." They also
    urge Europe and the international community not to let democracy and
    human rights be defied in Georgia. According to A-Info agency, after
    the meeting a number of young persons headed for the regional court
    building in Akhalkalaki and the branch of Tbilisi State University
    (TSU). This was due to the dismissal of ethnic Armenian judges and the
    TSU not admitting Armenian students. In the words of representative of
    the Union of Armenian NGOs Khachatur Stepanyan, the youth procession
    was not planned by the organizers of the rally and had nothing to do
    with them.
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