Action in Defense of Ales Bialiatski

Written by Arman Veziryan on . Posted in Freedom of Assembly

IMG_1461Today at 12:00 devoted to the International Day of Solidarity with the Civil Society and Human Rights Protection Movements in Belarus an action was realized in front of Belarus Embassy in Yerevan in defense of “Viasna” Human Rights Center Leader and International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) Vice-President Ales Bialiatski.
Among the participants of the action were representatives from “Helsinki Association” human rights protection organization and “Rule of Law” human rights protection non-governmental organization.
From the local media “Aravot” (www.aravot.am ), “Armenia” (www.armenia.tv ) and “PanARMENIAN.Net” (www.panarmenian.net ) were present.IMG_1413

 


The manifesto was introduced to the abovementioned media representatives. Helsinki Association Chairman Mikayel Danielyan tried to pass the signed manifesto to the Embassy, but after 3 knocks no one opened the door. The document will be sent to the Embassy by post.

(The Russian version of the manifesto can be seen at http://by.soli-day.org/about_day).

 

 

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