Western Standard informs on 24 February 2006, “This morning dozens of Armenians, accompanied by many police, were on Albert St. in Ottawa [Canada] with a big float with a figure on top, protesting the destruction of their historic cultural sites by the Azerbaijanis. They were protesting outside of the building housing Ottawa's UNESCO office, and then began to move their protest off to the Azerbaijani embassy.”

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Ottawa's protest (from http://www.horizonweekly.ca)

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From the 4 January 2006 protest in Germany (source: www.aga-online.org/)

Rupen, an Armenian blogger from Canada, had written about the preparations of the protest earlier; “Tomorrow’s rally in Ottawa is in protest against Azerbaijan's Anti-Armenian Actions, and is (coincidentally) happening exactly 2 months before April 24th, where we will also protest in the capital.”

Similar demonstrations were held in Germany by the Armenian community earlier this year.

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From the 4 January 2006 protest in Germany (source: www.aga-online.org/)

It really makes me angry that Armenians have to protest against the vandalism in order to get UNESCO’s attention. I have e-mailed UNESCO officials multiple times requesting a response, but the only person who has answered is my senior Turkish friend Ali, who, nevertheless, does not deal with cultural monuments.