The report entitled “The Perils of Being a National Minority: Human Rights and Chakhalyan v. Georgia”, presents a detailed overview of the events in Javakheti and Georgia leading up to Vahagn Chakhalyan’s arrest and trial, as well as the country’s political context before and after the trial which have affected the Georgian authorities’ treatment of and policies toward its Armenian minority.
The father of Vahagn Chakhalyan, a Georgian-Armenian activist who was sentenced to 10 years by a Georgian court, has handed over the following letter by his son to Hetq for publication.
United Javakhk movement leader Vahagn Chakhalyan yesterday ended his hunger strike that he started on October 5 to protest inhumane treatment in aGeorgian jail.
Catholicos Garegin II, now on a tour of Javakhk, has met with the parents of jailed Armenian activist Vahagn Chakhalyan in the town of Akhalkalak.