Ethnic Issue: Armenia=?UTF-8?B?4oCZ?=s largest minority lacks civil society representation

The young chairman of 'Sinjar' Yezidis National Union believes that one of the important problems of the Yezidi community is the absence of representatives of civil society among Yezidi residents.

Head of the union Boris Tamoyan in an interview with ArmeniaNow on Wednesday voiced his concerns that especially those Yezidi children who are residents of Yerevan, do not study their language and history.

Yezidis, of Kurdish origin, are the largest ethnic minority in Armenia, and according to the recent census their population reaches 40,000 Most live in villages. According to the Human Rights Defender of Armenia (Ombudsman) Ad-hoc Public Report 2011, the national minorities in Armenia have all the favorable conditions for preserving their national identity. The Yezidi community publishes three newspapers; the Public Radio of Armenia broadcast programs in Yezidi every day.  Read more... (370 words)

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