 | Garabagh disabled launch hunger strike |
Some 500 members of 74 regional organizations of the Society of the Garabagh Handicapped launched a nationwide hunger strike Monday, deputy chairman of the Society Firudin Mammadov said Monday.
According to him, the strike was started after the society’s appeal to the president of December 3, 2000, demanding an increase in pensions and allowances for the disabled and establishment of a special commission to monitor enforcement of presidential decrees concerning the handicapped, remained unanswered.
The strike will go on until the demands are complied.
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Issue: January, 22, 2001
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