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ARTSAKH NGO PREZ CALLS FOR OUSTER OF RA POLICE CHIEF
hetq
July 28, 2011
In a statement distributed to the press in Armenia, Hayk Khanoumyan,
President of the Artsakh European Movement NGO, accuses the authorities
in Artsakh of carrying out scare tactics against his relatives and
supporters of the group in retaliation for the civic and educational
work they are conducting in Artsakh.
Mr. Khanoumyan also claims that RA Police Chief Alik Sargsyan has
also gotten into the act.
The Artsakh NGO leader says that on June 15, Sargsyan invited his
father Ruben Khanoumyan, Deputy Director of the Tavoush Department of
Investigations, to a meeting. During the meeting, Sargsyan is said
to have instructed the father "to get your son in line" and to urge
him to leave Artsakh.
Hayk Khanoumyan goes on to say that after receiving a negative
response to his requests, Police Chief Sargsyan pressured his father
into signing a request to leave his position in the investigations
department.
The younger Khanoumyan has attracted the attention of authorities in
Stepanakert for his views stating that there is no free and independent
press in Artsakh and that the authorities quash any attempt at forming
a true political opposition.
He argues that the domestic political situation in Artsakh is doing
great harm to the country's standing in the eyes of the international
community and weakens the Armenian position in settlement talks.
Khanoumyan concludes his open letter by calling on NGO's and civic
groups in Armenia to demand the resignation of people like Police
Chief Alik Sargsyan who are serving the interests of those who wish
to see an Artsakh void of Armenians.
hetq
July 28, 2011
In a statement distributed to the press in Armenia, Hayk Khanoumyan,
President of the Artsakh European Movement NGO, accuses the authorities
in Artsakh of carrying out scare tactics against his relatives and
supporters of the group in retaliation for the civic and educational
work they are conducting in Artsakh.
Mr. Khanoumyan also claims that RA Police Chief Alik Sargsyan has
also gotten into the act.
The Artsakh NGO leader says that on June 15, Sargsyan invited his
father Ruben Khanoumyan, Deputy Director of the Tavoush Department of
Investigations, to a meeting. During the meeting, Sargsyan is said
to have instructed the father "to get your son in line" and to urge
him to leave Artsakh.
Hayk Khanoumyan goes on to say that after receiving a negative
response to his requests, Police Chief Sargsyan pressured his father
into signing a request to leave his position in the investigations
department.
The younger Khanoumyan has attracted the attention of authorities in
Stepanakert for his views stating that there is no free and independent
press in Artsakh and that the authorities quash any attempt at forming
a true political opposition.
He argues that the domestic political situation in Artsakh is doing
great harm to the country's standing in the eyes of the international
community and weakens the Armenian position in settlement talks.
Khanoumyan concludes his open letter by calling on NGO's and civic
groups in Armenia to demand the resignation of people like Police
Chief Alik Sargsyan who are serving the interests of those who wish
to see an Artsakh void of Armenians.