CATHOLICOS OF ALL ARMENIANS MEETS JAILED ARMENIAN ACTIVIST’S PARENTS
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June 15 2011
Armenia
YEREVAN. – Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II met with parents
of Javakhk Armenian activist Vahagn Chakhalyan on Wednesday, Yerkir
Union told Armenian News-NEWS.am.
His Holiness Karekin II told Chakhalyan’s parents that he had
raised the issue of releasing the activist during the meeting with
Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II.
Georgian authorities sentenced Vahagn Chakhalyan to 10-year
imprisonment. A petition signed by 1,200 Armenians of Javakhk was
sent to Catholicos Karekin II asking to raise the issue with Georgian
spiritual and political leadership.
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