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ARMENIANS NGOs PROTEST RACIAL KILLINGS IN RUSSIA
Armenpress
Jun 05 2006
YEREVAN, JUNE 5, ARMENPRESS: A number of Armenian non-governmental
organizations staged a rally today in front of the Russian embassy
in Armenia to protest racially-motivated killings of Armenians and
other non-Slavs in Russia.
The demonstrators handed a statement to the embassy officials which
says that in 2005 about 402 attacks on non-Slavs and 28 murders were
reported in Russia. In 2006 alone 6 ethnic Armenians have been killed
in Moscow. "The citizens of Armenia and Armenian non-governmental
organizations condemn the activity of raging nationalistic
organizations in Russia and the negligence of Russian law-enforcement
bodies to detect perpetrators and punish them. We demand that Russian
authorities take speed measures to arrest murderers and punish them,"
their statement said.
The protest rally was staged by the Union for Science Development
and the Armenian Helsinki Committee. Their leaders said today that
Russian nationalists enjoy the support of 'serious forces' and some
media outlets. The latest murder of an Armenian in Russia was reported
in late May. Arthur Sardarian, 19, was stabbed to death by a group
of young people on a train in a Moscow suburb.
Simon Tsaturian, who represents the family of another ethnic Armenian
killed in Moscow in April, cited witnesses as saying the murderers
were chanting 'Glory to Russia' while stabbing Arthur Sardarian. The
attackers then stopped the train by setting off an alarm and escaped.
Tsaturian represents also the family of Vigen Abramiants, 17, a
student of a Moscow university, who was also stabbed to death in a
Moscow metro station on April 22.
Armenpress
Jun 05 2006
YEREVAN, JUNE 5, ARMENPRESS: A number of Armenian non-governmental
organizations staged a rally today in front of the Russian embassy
in Armenia to protest racially-motivated killings of Armenians and
other non-Slavs in Russia.
The demonstrators handed a statement to the embassy officials which
says that in 2005 about 402 attacks on non-Slavs and 28 murders were
reported in Russia. In 2006 alone 6 ethnic Armenians have been killed
in Moscow. "The citizens of Armenia and Armenian non-governmental
organizations condemn the activity of raging nationalistic
organizations in Russia and the negligence of Russian law-enforcement
bodies to detect perpetrators and punish them. We demand that Russian
authorities take speed measures to arrest murderers and punish them,"
their statement said.
The protest rally was staged by the Union for Science Development
and the Armenian Helsinki Committee. Their leaders said today that
Russian nationalists enjoy the support of 'serious forces' and some
media outlets. The latest murder of an Armenian in Russia was reported
in late May. Arthur Sardarian, 19, was stabbed to death by a group
of young people on a train in a Moscow suburb.
Simon Tsaturian, who represents the family of another ethnic Armenian
killed in Moscow in April, cited witnesses as saying the murderers
were chanting 'Glory to Russia' while stabbing Arthur Sardarian. The
attackers then stopped the train by setting off an alarm and escaped.
Tsaturian represents also the family of Vigen Abramiants, 17, a
student of a Moscow university, who was also stabbed to death in a
Moscow metro station on April 22.