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    EAF: INCIDENT WITH ARMENIAN CHURCH LEADER IS ANOTHER EVIDENCE
    OF FREEDOM OF SPEECH VIOLATION IN TURKEY

    ARKA News Agency, Armenia
    July 19 2006

    YEREVAN, July 19. /ARKA/. Scandalous incident happened in the course
    of Armenian Apostolic Church leader Catholicos Garegin II visit to
    Istanbul came as another evidence of freedom of speech violation
    in Turkey, European Armenian Federation, EAF, says in its press
    release issued Wednesday. Garegin II, who was in Istanbul from June
    20 to 27, stated there at a press conference held on June 26 that
    Armenian genocide fact must be admitted also by Turkey and pointed
    out irrelevance of Turkish side's proposal to set up a commission of
    historians for conducting scrutiny over this genocide. EAF Executive
    Director Laurent Leylekian urged European Commission to condemn
    Turkey's policy of denial and pay greater attention to violation of
    ethnic minorities' rights and gender equality principle in Turkey.

    Garegin II arrival to Istanbul started with a scandal. A group of 50
    staged an action just outside Istanbul airport protesting Armenian
    Church leader arrival. The protesters hurled eggs at the cars carrying
    the high-level clerics. Armenian political and public activists have
    condemned the incident. M.V.-0--

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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