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    ANOTHER ARMENIAN EXPELLED BY AZERBAIJAN

    asbarez
    July 25th, 2011

    The Gyanja airport

    BAKU-Azeri news services reported Monday that two unnamed Armenian
    soccer players, both citizens of Russia, were expelled from the Gyanja
    (historically the Armenian city of Gantsak) airport.

    This is the second expulsion of Armenians by Azerbaijan within the
    last month. On June 28, Bloomberg photojournalist Diana Markosian was
    expelled from Baku airport after being kept in the airport transit
    area for 16 hours. Diana Markosian has US and Russian citizenship.

    In both cases, the only reason for the expulsion is their Armenian
    heritage.

    The recent deportees are football players from the Russian city of
    Armavir chosen to play for the Kamaz team of Ganja city.

    The Markosian case prompted two prominent watchdog groups, Committee
    to Protect Journalists and Reporters Without Borders to highlight
    and condemn Baku's actions.

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