Protest letter to the Mayor of Lyon
Dear ALL,
Below is my protest letter, which I just sent to the mayor of Lyon. I call everyone to write a protest letter to him.
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To the Mayor of Lyon
Monsieur Gérard Collomb
CC:
Madame Sabiha Ahmine
Assemblée européenne des citoyens (HCA-France)
Dear Mayor Collomb,
I am writing to express my deep protest to your actions, which counter the principles of democracy, freedom of expression and tolerance.
The dismissal of your deputy Sabiha Ahmine for her support to the Armenian-Turkish Dialogue meeting involving mostly youth from Armenia, Turkey and many other countries was an extremely unjust decision and also a blow to the civil society efforts in France, Armenia and Turkey aimed at historical reconciliation between the Armenian and Turkish peoples.
I have personally attended this meeting, being a representative from Azerbaijan branch of the Helsinki Citizens Assembly. I met many young talented, open-minded people, Armenians, Turks and others who tried to overcome the historical animosities and hatreds who tried to break up with the xenophobic stereotypes and narrow-minded nationalistic thinking. In my view, these young people are the hope for their nations, because only through open dialogue and communication, it is possible to achieve a historical reconciliation between the Armenians and Turks, as well as between the numerous Armenian and Turkish communities in France.
I call you to be more principled and firm and not surrender to the narrow nationalistic interest groups in the future. Dont let these groups block the civil initiatives aimed at dialogue and reconciliation! Dont let them brand and discredit these initiatives labelling them "negationist", "denialist" and the like! You have responsibility before your constituents to stop the propaganda of hatred and ethnic intolerance and to ensure that all the tensions between various communities are solved through civilised discussions and civic dialogue.
I very much hope that my letter to you was not in vain and you will show more support to the civil initiatives involving Armenians and Turks in the future.
Sincerely Yours,
Tabib Huseynov
Member
Helsinki Citizens' Assembly-Azerbaijan
Below is my protest letter, which I just sent to the mayor of Lyon. I call everyone to write a protest letter to him.
----------------
To the Mayor of Lyon
Monsieur Gérard Collomb
CC:
Madame Sabiha Ahmine
Assemblée européenne des citoyens (HCA-France)
Dear Mayor Collomb,
I am writing to express my deep protest to your actions, which counter the principles of democracy, freedom of expression and tolerance.
The dismissal of your deputy Sabiha Ahmine for her support to the Armenian-Turkish Dialogue meeting involving mostly youth from Armenia, Turkey and many other countries was an extremely unjust decision and also a blow to the civil society efforts in France, Armenia and Turkey aimed at historical reconciliation between the Armenian and Turkish peoples.
I have personally attended this meeting, being a representative from Azerbaijan branch of the Helsinki Citizens Assembly. I met many young talented, open-minded people, Armenians, Turks and others who tried to overcome the historical animosities and hatreds who tried to break up with the xenophobic stereotypes and narrow-minded nationalistic thinking. In my view, these young people are the hope for their nations, because only through open dialogue and communication, it is possible to achieve a historical reconciliation between the Armenians and Turks, as well as between the numerous Armenian and Turkish communities in France.
I call you to be more principled and firm and not surrender to the narrow nationalistic interest groups in the future. Dont let these groups block the civil initiatives aimed at dialogue and reconciliation! Dont let them brand and discredit these initiatives labelling them "negationist", "denialist" and the like! You have responsibility before your constituents to stop the propaganda of hatred and ethnic intolerance and to ensure that all the tensions between various communities are solved through civilised discussions and civic dialogue.
I very much hope that my letter to you was not in vain and you will show more support to the civil initiatives involving Armenians and Turks in the future.
Sincerely Yours,
Tabib Huseynov
Member
Helsinki Citizens' Assembly-Azerbaijan
posted by HCA-Club at 7:21 AM
2 Comments:
tabib, what a good appeal!! what a good english writer you are!!! I'll always remember your oration after the "european conference" in Die when karine was interwieving you....
more seriously thanks for supporting sabiha,
lot of kisses,
maïa
Thank you, my dear Maia the Bee :) Tabib
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