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ARMENIAN MP'S RELATIVE DESTROYED YEZIDI CEMETERY TO BUILD WINERY: SINJAR
http://www.epress.am/en/2014/01/13/armenian-mps-relative-destroyed-yezidi-cemetery-to-build-winery-sinjar.html
01.13.2014 20:38 epress.am
Seryozha Grigoryan, a close relative of Republican Party of Armenia
MP Hrant Grigoryan, destroyed the old Yazidi cemetery of Myasnikyan
village in Armavir marz (province), claims the Sinjar Yezidi National
Union.
Sinjar representative Boris Tamoyan, in conversation with Epress.am,
said 22 graves were destroyed to build a wine factory. According to
local residents, Seryozha Grigoryan restored two of the graves, but he
denies destroying the other 20 graves and has refused to restore them.
"With this step, they offend an entire people and play with the
Republic of Armenia's international reputation. Years ago, we witnessed
how as a result of Azerbaijan state policy, old Armenian cemeteries
were being destroyed in Nakhchivan, which was sacred for us and a
cultural value for the whole world," reads the group's statement.
Sinjar representatives draw Armenian authorities' attention on the
crime and ask that "the person in question restore the damage caused
to the Yezidi nation, as well as assume responsibility before the law,
for the blasphemy."
http://www.epress.am/en/2014/01/13/armenian-mps-relative-destroyed-yezidi-cemetery-to-build-winery-sinjar.html
01.13.2014 20:38 epress.am
Seryozha Grigoryan, a close relative of Republican Party of Armenia
MP Hrant Grigoryan, destroyed the old Yazidi cemetery of Myasnikyan
village in Armavir marz (province), claims the Sinjar Yezidi National
Union.
Sinjar representative Boris Tamoyan, in conversation with Epress.am,
said 22 graves were destroyed to build a wine factory. According to
local residents, Seryozha Grigoryan restored two of the graves, but he
denies destroying the other 20 graves and has refused to restore them.
"With this step, they offend an entire people and play with the
Republic of Armenia's international reputation. Years ago, we witnessed
how as a result of Azerbaijan state policy, old Armenian cemeteries
were being destroyed in Nakhchivan, which was sacred for us and a
cultural value for the whole world," reads the group's statement.
Sinjar representatives draw Armenian authorities' attention on the
crime and ask that "the person in question restore the damage caused
to the Yezidi nation, as well as assume responsibility before the law,
for the blasphemy."