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VAHAGN CHAKHALYAN IS "AN OPEN WOUND" FOR ALL ARMENIANS
arminfo
Tuesday, November 22, 16:11
Vahagn Chakhalyan is "an open wound" for all Armenians. Just the
same as the whole body directs its forces to the "treatment of the
open wound", the whole Armenian people in Javahkh, Armenia, Artsakh
or Diaspora should do everything possible to gain his discharging, a
member of the Union of Armenian Writers, Levon Khechoyan, said during
the discussion dedicated to the problems of Javahkh and organized
by the initiative group of "Sardarapat" movement and "Arax-Kura"
foundation.
Chakhalyan was arrested by Georgian authorities in 2008 and in April
2009 was sentenced for 10 years for and .
"For this reason, on the threshold of Armenian President Serzh
Sargsyan's visit to Georgia, it is very much important to organize
signatures collection among the members of the Armenian Writers'
Union as soon as possible with a demand to discharge Vahagn Chakhalyan
like a dissident writer, and then to appeal to the London PEN-club
and the relevant bodies of the Council of Europe", - he said.
For his part, historian Gevorg Yazichyan added that Javahkh still
remains a part of Armenia, as Armenian speech sounds there and Armenian
spirit flies. He said that in general protection of Chakhalyan's
rights and the rights of the Armenian of Javahkh is the headache of
the Armenian authorities, which watch Armenians of Javahkh like a
subject of making profitable bargains and ignore human and national
dignity of the local population.
arminfo
Tuesday, November 22, 16:11
Vahagn Chakhalyan is "an open wound" for all Armenians. Just the
same as the whole body directs its forces to the "treatment of the
open wound", the whole Armenian people in Javahkh, Armenia, Artsakh
or Diaspora should do everything possible to gain his discharging, a
member of the Union of Armenian Writers, Levon Khechoyan, said during
the discussion dedicated to the problems of Javahkh and organized
by the initiative group of "Sardarapat" movement and "Arax-Kura"
foundation.
Chakhalyan was arrested by Georgian authorities in 2008 and in April
2009 was sentenced for 10 years for and .
"For this reason, on the threshold of Armenian President Serzh
Sargsyan's visit to Georgia, it is very much important to organize
signatures collection among the members of the Armenian Writers'
Union as soon as possible with a demand to discharge Vahagn Chakhalyan
like a dissident writer, and then to appeal to the London PEN-club
and the relevant bodies of the Council of Europe", - he said.
For his part, historian Gevorg Yazichyan added that Javahkh still
remains a part of Armenia, as Armenian speech sounds there and Armenian
spirit flies. He said that in general protection of Chakhalyan's
rights and the rights of the Armenian of Javahkh is the headache of
the Armenian authorities, which watch Armenians of Javahkh like a
subject of making profitable bargains and ignore human and national
dignity of the local population.