YEZIDS HOLD PROTEST ACTION IN FRONT OF ARMENIAN PRESIDENTIAL RESIDENCE
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Oct 15 2010
Armenia
The Armenian Education & Science Ministry’s decision to release Kurdish
language textbooks and lessons in Armenian schools violates Yezids’
rights as a national minority, Yezid protestors said in the letter
addressed to the Armenian President.
On October 15, a group of protestors gathered in front of the Armenian
presidential residence.
According to the protestors, the decision bluntly prevents Yezids
from getting normal education. They demanded that President Serzh
Sargsyan afford them an opportunity to have their representative in
the Armenian Parliament to protect their interests. “There are 60,000
Yazidis in Armenia and we want our interests to be protected in deed
not in word,” a protestor said.
If the authorities do not give the protestors a satisfactory answer,
rallies and protests will be held throughout the country, he said.
From: A. Papazian
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