Comments on: More Problems for Armenia’s Yezidis http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2006/10/05/more-problems-for-yezidis-in-armenia/ Journalism and Photography from Armenia and the Surrounding Region Sat, 04 Oct 2008 23:52:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Rosie http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2006/10/05/more-problems-for-yezidis-in-armenia/#comment-3754 Mon, 30 Apr 2007 18:20:54 +0100 http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2006/10/05/more-problems-for-yezidis-in-armenia/#comment-3754 These comments have been invaluable to me as is this whole site. I thank you for your comment. These comments have been invaluable to me as is this whole site. I thank you for your comment.

]]> by: Garo http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2006/10/05/more-problems-for-yezidis-in-armenia/#comment-2446 Sat, 07 Oct 2006 04:23:13 +0100 http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2006/10/05/more-problems-for-yezidis-in-armenia/#comment-2446 It is good to air the confusion yet most seem to support PKK. It is good to air the confusion yet most seem to support PKK.

]]> by: Onnik http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2006/10/05/more-problems-for-yezidis-in-armenia/#comment-2435 Fri, 06 Oct 2006 18:35:14 +0100 http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2006/10/05/more-problems-for-yezidis-in-armenia/#comment-2435 Just come back from the opening of a Cultural Center for Armenia's national minorities where I spoke to Hranush Kharatyan, Head of the Department for National Minority & Religious Affairs. Anyway, she said that she had also heard the reports of schools refusing to accept the textbooks in Cyrillic script. Then, when I got home, UNICEF also sent an email response to another request for them to confirm or deny the same reports. They finally said they have heard the same. Anyway, according to Kharatyan the Armenian Government will now be monitoring the issue of school textbooks because of these reports. Just come back from the opening of a Cultural Center for Armenia’s national minorities where I spoke to Hranush Kharatyan, Head of the Department for National Minority & Religious Affairs. Anyway, she said that she had also heard the reports of schools refusing to accept the textbooks in Cyrillic script. Then, when I got home, UNICEF also sent an email response to another request for them to confirm or deny the same reports. They finally said they have heard the same.

Anyway, according to Kharatyan the Armenian Government will now be monitoring the issue of school textbooks because of these reports.

]]> by: Onnik http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2006/10/05/more-problems-for-yezidis-in-armenia/#comment-2425 Fri, 06 Oct 2006 12:35:12 +0100 http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2006/10/05/more-problems-for-yezidis-in-armenia/#comment-2425 BTW: There's a report on the Yezidis in Georgia (as well as Armenians in Samtskhe-Javakhetia) online: <blockquote>Ethnic minorities in Georgia Report on ethnic minorities, specially focused on cases related to Yezidi Kurds, and the minorities in the regions of Tsalka and Samtskhe-Javakhetia http://www.fidh.org/IMG/pdf/ge412ang.pdf</blockquote> The report says that there are officially 18,329 Yezidi Kurds in Georgia and 2,514 Moslem Kurds. However, it is believed that these numbers are inflated. BTW: There’s a report on the Yezidis in Georgia (as well as Armenians in Samtskhe-Javakhetia) online:

Ethnic minorities in Georgia

Report on ethnic minorities, specially focused on cases related to Yezidi Kurds, and the minorities in the regions of Tsalka and Samtskhe-Javakhetia

http://www.fidh.org/IMG/pdf/ge412ang.pdf

The report says that there are officially 18,329 Yezidi Kurds in Georgia and 2,514 Moslem Kurds. However, it is believed that these numbers are inflated.

]]> by: Onnik http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2006/10/05/more-problems-for-yezidis-in-armenia/#comment-2419 Fri, 06 Oct 2006 03:11:15 +0100 http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2006/10/05/more-problems-for-yezidis-in-armenia/#comment-2419 Actually, this isn't an article -- just a blog post before I get round to writing the IWPR article, but anyway. Regardless, thanks for the comment. Actually, this isn’t an article — just a blog post before I get round to writing the IWPR article, but anyway. Regardless, thanks for the comment.

]]> by: nahro http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2006/10/05/more-problems-for-yezidis-in-armenia/#comment-2418 Fri, 06 Oct 2006 02:52:03 +0100 http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2006/10/05/more-problems-for-yezidis-in-armenia/#comment-2418 Well done Onnik, it is very well written article. You could also quote me for your article for IWPR with regards what you picked up concerning school textbooks. It seems that the authorities are part of the problem and that they don’t want to solve it at all. There is a big confusion going on at the moment and, I think, the foreign organisations are misinformed by the authority regarding to the Yezidi’s demand. Well done Onnik, it is very well written article. You could also quote me for your article for IWPR with regards what you picked up concerning school textbooks. It seems that the authorities are part of the problem and that they don’t want to solve it at all. There is a big confusion going on at the moment and, I think, the foreign organisations are misinformed by the authority regarding to the Yezidi’s demand.

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