What is allowed to read in Javakhk?
With a sign reading "Armenian spirit will not break down" and screams of "Javakhk", members of the New Conservatives National Movement gathered in front of the UN Office in Yerevan to protest in defense of Javakhk Armenians.
According to leader of the New Conservatives National Movement Edward Apramyan, not only is reading and receiving information in the mother language prohibited in Javakhk, but citizens of Javakhk are forced to stay standing on the border for 8 hours to cross the Armenian-Georgian border. Apramyan says that Armenian literature is prohibited in Javakhk.
The protesters handed a letter to the UN Office in Yerevan with the request to "examine the border issues, defend their human rights, protect them from Georgian border guards and special service workers and support the restoration of justice."
Two weeks ago, the Georgian Ambassador to Armenia announced that literature was truly prohibited, but members of the movement have already sent their second letter to the ambassador to provide them with a list of which books can be taken to Javakhk.
"There is still no response, but border guards say that it is the country's decision to prohibit it," said the leader of the movement.
