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ARMENIA DETAINS TWO FOR "PLANS TO ILLEGALLY INTERFERE IN POLITICAL PROCESSES"
Mediamax News Agency, Armenia
Dec 11 2006
Yerevan, 11 December: The press service of the Armenian National
Security Service reported today that a Lebanese citizen Zhirayr
Sefilyan and a number of his supporters, who were arrested on 10
December, "had planned illegal and forceful interference in the
forthcoming political processes in Armenia".
The press service of the Armenian National Security Service said that
"as a result of operative-investigative activities, irrefutable proofs
were received that the United Armenian Volunteers organization,
which has no state registration, set up by the Lebanese citizen,
Zhirayr Sefilyan, and a number of his supporters aimed at illegal
and forceful interference in the forthcoming political processes in
Armenia, in particular, planned to resort to radical actions in the
run up to the 2007 parliamentary elections", Mediamax reported.
The statement said that speaking at the 2 December closed meeting,
several leaders of the organization made public speeches on the need
to overthrow the incumbent authorities by means of armed struggle.
"Action plans in this direction were also presented," the press
service of the Armenian National Security Service said.
The statement said that the leaders of the United Armenian Volunteers
organization planned to provoke the Armenian opposition to civil
disobedience and clashes, "at the same time, they planned to put
pressure on the opposition structures to compel them to initiate
illegal actions against the authorities".
The press service of the National Security Service said that criminal
proceedings had been instituted and the leaders of the organization,
Vardan Malkhasyan and Zhirayr Sefilyan, were detained. An illegal
weapon was taken from Sefilyan.
Mediamax News Agency, Armenia
Dec 11 2006
Yerevan, 11 December: The press service of the Armenian National
Security Service reported today that a Lebanese citizen Zhirayr
Sefilyan and a number of his supporters, who were arrested on 10
December, "had planned illegal and forceful interference in the
forthcoming political processes in Armenia".
The press service of the Armenian National Security Service said that
"as a result of operative-investigative activities, irrefutable proofs
were received that the United Armenian Volunteers organization,
which has no state registration, set up by the Lebanese citizen,
Zhirayr Sefilyan, and a number of his supporters aimed at illegal
and forceful interference in the forthcoming political processes in
Armenia, in particular, planned to resort to radical actions in the
run up to the 2007 parliamentary elections", Mediamax reported.
The statement said that speaking at the 2 December closed meeting,
several leaders of the organization made public speeches on the need
to overthrow the incumbent authorities by means of armed struggle.
"Action plans in this direction were also presented," the press
service of the Armenian National Security Service said.
The statement said that the leaders of the United Armenian Volunteers
organization planned to provoke the Armenian opposition to civil
disobedience and clashes, "at the same time, they planned to put
pressure on the opposition structures to compel them to initiate
illegal actions against the authorities".
The press service of the National Security Service said that criminal
proceedings had been instituted and the leaders of the organization,
Vardan Malkhasyan and Zhirayr Sefilyan, were detained. An illegal
weapon was taken from Sefilyan.