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ARMENIAN REPORTER SAYS FATHER'S ARREST POLITICALLY MOTIVATED
Aravot
June 3 2008
Armenia
An Armenian journalist has said that his work for an opposition daily
is the reason for his father's arrest, Aravot newspaper reported on
3 June.
Speaking at his father's trial in a Yerevan court on 2 June, Vahagn
Hovakimyan, said that his father Misak Hovakimyan had been detained
because he was a correspondent of the opposition Haykakan Zhamanak
newspaper.
Misak Hovakimyan was arrested in the aftermath of opposition rallies in
Yerevan following the February presidential election in Armenia. Like
many others detained at the time, Misak Hovakimyan was accused
of putting up resistance to a representative of the authorities,
Aravot said.
Speaking at the trial, Misak Hovakimyan said that the police had used
violence during his arrest, Aravot reported.
Aravot
June 3 2008
Armenia
An Armenian journalist has said that his work for an opposition daily
is the reason for his father's arrest, Aravot newspaper reported on
3 June.
Speaking at his father's trial in a Yerevan court on 2 June, Vahagn
Hovakimyan, said that his father Misak Hovakimyan had been detained
because he was a correspondent of the opposition Haykakan Zhamanak
newspaper.
Misak Hovakimyan was arrested in the aftermath of opposition rallies in
Yerevan following the February presidential election in Armenia. Like
many others detained at the time, Misak Hovakimyan was accused
of putting up resistance to a representative of the authorities,
Aravot said.
Speaking at the trial, Misak Hovakimyan said that the police had used
violence during his arrest, Aravot reported.