ARMENIAN JOURNALISTS PROHIBITED FROM WAVING STATE FLAGS
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00:44 / 10/15/2009
Armenian journalists were prohibited from bringing Armenian flags to
tribunes, NEWS.am correspondent reports from Bursa.
Referring to the FIFA law, banning to place flags at the journalists’
tribunes, but not those of fans, Turkish football federation threatened
Armenian journalists to be strongly punishment.
Scuffle between Armenian delegation and those responsible for the
press occurred. Only after persistent insistence, Armenian journalists
achieved the waving of the state flag.
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