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April 2 2011
Silent protest in Yerevan's Liberty Square
April 02, 2011 | 21:05
On April 2, the Heritage party member Larisa Alaverdyan, ethnographer
Hranush Haratyan and the scholar Anahit Tonoyan started a silent
protest in Liberty Square in Yerevan. Determined not to utter a single
word they refused to answer any of Armenian News-NEWS.am's questions.
A certain Susanna Barkhudaryan, a Board member, Heritage party, said
the reason for the protest is intellectuals' disagreement with the
ways of dealing with existing problems.
The participants will change one another from 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
every day. `They will remain silent during the action, tomorrow and
the day after tomorrow - all the following days - whoever comes,'
Barkhudaryan said.
Stepan Safaryan, a member of the Heritage parliamentary faction, told
Armenian News-NEWS.am he came to express his support to the
protesters.
As to whether the intellectuals' action is a follow-up to Raffi
Hovhannisyan's hunger-strike, Safaryan said: `I would not like to say
the action is a follow-up to Raffi Hovhannisyan's hunger-strike, but
the party leader's action gave rise to a new form of protest.
Intellectuals are protesting on their own behalf and on behalf of
others. Everybody is aware that Raffi Hovhannisyan and these persons
have far fewer problems than others. But, no matter how gravely
people's right to protest is violated, the intellectuals had the
courage to protest instead of the people that are not allowed to,'
Safaryan said.
Heritage party Chairman Raffi Hovhannisyan was on a hunger-strike
March 14 to 30.
From: A. Papazian
April 2 2011
Silent protest in Yerevan's Liberty Square
April 02, 2011 | 21:05
On April 2, the Heritage party member Larisa Alaverdyan, ethnographer
Hranush Haratyan and the scholar Anahit Tonoyan started a silent
protest in Liberty Square in Yerevan. Determined not to utter a single
word they refused to answer any of Armenian News-NEWS.am's questions.
A certain Susanna Barkhudaryan, a Board member, Heritage party, said
the reason for the protest is intellectuals' disagreement with the
ways of dealing with existing problems.
The participants will change one another from 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
every day. `They will remain silent during the action, tomorrow and
the day after tomorrow - all the following days - whoever comes,'
Barkhudaryan said.
Stepan Safaryan, a member of the Heritage parliamentary faction, told
Armenian News-NEWS.am he came to express his support to the
protesters.
As to whether the intellectuals' action is a follow-up to Raffi
Hovhannisyan's hunger-strike, Safaryan said: `I would not like to say
the action is a follow-up to Raffi Hovhannisyan's hunger-strike, but
the party leader's action gave rise to a new form of protest.
Intellectuals are protesting on their own behalf and on behalf of
others. Everybody is aware that Raffi Hovhannisyan and these persons
have far fewer problems than others. But, no matter how gravely
people's right to protest is violated, the intellectuals had the
courage to protest instead of the people that are not allowed to,'
Safaryan said.
Heritage party Chairman Raffi Hovhannisyan was on a hunger-strike
March 14 to 30.
From: A. Papazian