BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 3. Within the framework
of the 114th session of the UN Committee on the Elimination of
Racial Discrimination, Rapporteur on Armenia Yeung Kam John
expressed concern that the nation lacks laws criminalizing
racist organizations and participation in these organizations and
spoke about hate crimes, Development reviews.
Talking about Armenian id getting used to justify
intolerance towards minorities, the speaker drew consideration to the
undeniable fact that hate speeches towards individuals due to their ethnicity
and nationality happen in Armenia and emphasised that such
speeches additionally happen towards Azerbaijanis and Turks.
On the identical time, he raised the difficulty associated to the truth that a
few days in the past an airplane had made an emergency touchdown in Armenia
with a citizen of Georgia of Azerbaijani origin on board, who was
not allowed to get off the airplane, and requested the Armenian
delegation for clarification on that concern.
The pinnacle of the Armenian delegation, Vahan Kostanyan, Deputy
International Minister of that nation, attempting to get out of the
scenario, spoke about “the difficulties confronted by the Armenian
authorities”.
