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PROTEST IN VANADZOR: ILL FATED AZERBAIJANI FILM FESTIVAL DEMONSTRATION FAILED AGAIN
By Gohar Abrahamyan
ArmeniaNow
16.04.12 | 16:18
The fight against holding the Azerbaijani Film Festival in Armenia
continues in northern provinces of the country, as a result of which
on Monday morning a group of people throwing eggs and stones at the
Helsinki Citizens' Assembly (HCA) Vanadzor Office, tried to hinder
the show of the Azeri films.
After the failure of holding the Azerbaijani Film Festival in Gyumri
a few days ago, festival organizer Georgi Vanyan, director of the
Caucasian Center of Peaceful Initiative, decided to hold the festival
in the regional center of Lori province - in HCA Vanadzor Office. This
decision was opposed by a number of NGOs and local institutions of
political forces in Vanadzor.
"If someone is not provided with a space and turns to me asking for a
space, then as a human rights defender I must help him or her," said
head of HCA Vanadzor Office Artur Sakunts, adding that the defense
of freedom of expression in Armenia is a principal issue for him.
Vanyan released a statement announcing that the festival is again
postponed, and accusing law enforcement bodies and human rights defense
organizations of being unable to defend the right to hold the festival.
By Gohar Abrahamyan
ArmeniaNow
16.04.12 | 16:18
The fight against holding the Azerbaijani Film Festival in Armenia
continues in northern provinces of the country, as a result of which
on Monday morning a group of people throwing eggs and stones at the
Helsinki Citizens' Assembly (HCA) Vanadzor Office, tried to hinder
the show of the Azeri films.
After the failure of holding the Azerbaijani Film Festival in Gyumri
a few days ago, festival organizer Georgi Vanyan, director of the
Caucasian Center of Peaceful Initiative, decided to hold the festival
in the regional center of Lori province - in HCA Vanadzor Office. This
decision was opposed by a number of NGOs and local institutions of
political forces in Vanadzor.
"If someone is not provided with a space and turns to me asking for a
space, then as a human rights defender I must help him or her," said
head of HCA Vanadzor Office Artur Sakunts, adding that the defense
of freedom of expression in Armenia is a principal issue for him.
Vanyan released a statement announcing that the festival is again
postponed, and accusing law enforcement bodies and human rights defense
organizations of being unable to defend the right to hold the festival.