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Georgia: Armenians in Samtskhe Javakheti

Saturday, August 2nd, 2008 @ 11:55 UTC

by Onnik Krikorian

Countries:: Armenia, Georgia
Topics:: Cyber-Activism, Diaspora, Ethnicity, Human Rights, War & Conflict
Languages:: English

Three Armenian bloggers post an alert over the situation of ethnic Armenians living in the Samtskhe-Javakheti region of Georgia. The bloggers are Ditord, Pigh and Arin Berd and call on international human rights organizations and others to campaign for the release of ethnic Armenian activists in Georgia.

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# 2008-08-7 at 7:58 am

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