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MP says opposition activists aren't political prisoners
15:10 - 20.08.11
An MP of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia has said detained
young opposition activists are not political prisoners as some call
them.
Speaking about the arrest of the young activists of the opposition
Armenian National Congress (or HAK) in an interview with Tert.am,
Hovhannes Sahakyan said that the term "political prisoner" is a
general one.
"We had political prisoners from our party - Ashot Navasardyan, Razmik
Zohrabyan, and many other political prisoners, who fought for ideas,"
said Sahakyan.
"The term 'political prisoner' is a general one, and if HAK
representatives have breached the law and have in that sense had to
deal with [the police], they cannot be called political prisoners as
there is no political idea for which they expressed themselves,"
explained he.
According to him, the young HAK activists have been held responsible
not for expressing their ideas but rather for violating the law.
Tert.am
15:10 - 20.08.11
An MP of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia has said detained
young opposition activists are not political prisoners as some call
them.
Speaking about the arrest of the young activists of the opposition
Armenian National Congress (or HAK) in an interview with Tert.am,
Hovhannes Sahakyan said that the term "political prisoner" is a
general one.
"We had political prisoners from our party - Ashot Navasardyan, Razmik
Zohrabyan, and many other political prisoners, who fought for ideas,"
said Sahakyan.
"The term 'political prisoner' is a general one, and if HAK
representatives have breached the law and have in that sense had to
deal with [the police], they cannot be called political prisoners as
there is no political idea for which they expressed themselves,"
explained he.
According to him, the young HAK activists have been held responsible
not for expressing their ideas but rather for violating the law.
Tert.am