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'WE ARE ALSO IN MAIDAN': YEREVAN ACTIVISTS SHOW THEIR SUPPORT FOR UKRAINIAN DEMONSTRATORS
02.19.2014 20:07 epress.am
After the clashes in Kiev yesterday, a rally "We are also in Maidan"
was organized today in Yerevan, Armenia, to express support for
demonstrators in Ukraine's capital.
Yerevan supporters of Ukraine's Euromaidan today gathered at Victory
Park and walked toward the Ukrainian Embassy. They carried posters
that read "Putin, Go Home", "March 1 is approaching and It's the same
situation in Kiev", and "The fall of Yanukovych's regime is the start
of overthrowing [Armenian President] Serzhik's regime".
"We have gone through almost the same journey, which is unfolding now
in the Ukraine. Six years ago citizens of Armenia who were standing up
for democracy, human rights and fundamental freedoms were gunned down
in the streets of Yerevan. We were not able to sufficiently resist
the power of the occupying regime. As a result, Armenia's autonomy
and independence is in danger.
"We are calling on international democratic and civic powers and
governments to employ all possible means necessary and support
Ukrainian citizens. Furthermore, we are calling on international
powers to demand that the Ukrainian government stop the violence it
is employing against its own citizens, as a result of which three
citizens of the Ukraine were killed on January 22, 2014, one of whom
was the Armenian national, Samvel Nigoyan.
"Listen to the voice of the people. This is the only guarantee for
peace, freedom and prosperity. March 1st is fast approaching, and in
Kiev the same situation is taking place as in Yerevan six years ago,"
reads the description on the Facebook event page.
Participating in the march were civil society activists, human rights
defenders, director of the Concord Center, former Minister of National
Security Davit Shahnazaryan, Heritage Party representative Styopa
Safaryan, human rights activist Artur Sakunts, activist and publicist
Zara Hovhannisyan, and journalist Gayane Arustamyan.
http://www.epress.am/en/2014/02/19/we-are-also-in-maidan-yerevan-activists-show-their-support-for-ukrainian-demonstrators.html
02.19.2014 20:07 epress.am
After the clashes in Kiev yesterday, a rally "We are also in Maidan"
was organized today in Yerevan, Armenia, to express support for
demonstrators in Ukraine's capital.
Yerevan supporters of Ukraine's Euromaidan today gathered at Victory
Park and walked toward the Ukrainian Embassy. They carried posters
that read "Putin, Go Home", "March 1 is approaching and It's the same
situation in Kiev", and "The fall of Yanukovych's regime is the start
of overthrowing [Armenian President] Serzhik's regime".
"We have gone through almost the same journey, which is unfolding now
in the Ukraine. Six years ago citizens of Armenia who were standing up
for democracy, human rights and fundamental freedoms were gunned down
in the streets of Yerevan. We were not able to sufficiently resist
the power of the occupying regime. As a result, Armenia's autonomy
and independence is in danger.
"We are calling on international democratic and civic powers and
governments to employ all possible means necessary and support
Ukrainian citizens. Furthermore, we are calling on international
powers to demand that the Ukrainian government stop the violence it
is employing against its own citizens, as a result of which three
citizens of the Ukraine were killed on January 22, 2014, one of whom
was the Armenian national, Samvel Nigoyan.
"Listen to the voice of the people. This is the only guarantee for
peace, freedom and prosperity. March 1st is fast approaching, and in
Kiev the same situation is taking place as in Yerevan six years ago,"
reads the description on the Facebook event page.
Participating in the march were civil society activists, human rights
defenders, director of the Concord Center, former Minister of National
Security Davit Shahnazaryan, Heritage Party representative Styopa
Safaryan, human rights activist Artur Sakunts, activist and publicist
Zara Hovhannisyan, and journalist Gayane Arustamyan.
http://www.epress.am/en/2014/02/19/we-are-also-in-maidan-yerevan-activists-show-their-support-for-ukrainian-demonstrators.html