On February 18 Yerevan will host a seminar "Preserving Armenianess and Protecting the Rights of Armenians of <b>Samtskhe-Javakheti-Tsalka</b>'' organized by the Coordinating Council for Protection of Javakheti Armenians' rights (Javakheti compatriotic-charitable NGO, Mitq Analytical Center, Javakhk people's movement and Yerkir Union and other organizations).
"From the first days of Georgia's independence, the Georgian authorities have carried out a discriminatory policy against the Armenian minority of the country. The elements of this policy are denial of political, linguistic, religious, educational and cultural rights, the neutralization of the figures involved in the protection of rights of Javakheti Armenians, measures aimed at assimilation of the Armenian population. These processes have intensified since 2005, 2006, and especially after the five-day war in August 2010, " the statement of the Council says.
