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"SARDARAPAT" EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR ZARUHI POSTANJYAN
A1Plus.am
25 May 2011
The Sardarapat movement initiative group has issued a statement
voicing support for Heritage Party MP Zaruhi Postanjyan.
"Tigran Postanjyan, the brother of opposition MP Zaruhi Postanjyan,
has started a hunger strike in Nubarashen penitentiary to protest
against the inhuman and humiliating attitude of the prison
administration. Tigran's arrest was ungrounded and politically
motivated and was targeted at his sister Zaruhi Postanjyan. We voice
our support for the deputy, who struggles for the rights of our
citizens and stretch out a helping hand to numerous people, and call
on Tigran to stop the hunger strike.
We hope that the civil society will show solidarity in the matter,
as political repression will not cease unless people overthrow the
regime," the movement said in a statement.
In February 2011, a case was filed against Tigran Postanjyan, a leading
specialist in Yerevan's Arabkir district and the brother of Heritage
MP Zaruhi Postanjyan, for receiving AMD 100,000 (about $274 US)
remuneration for turning a blind eye to illegal construction done in
his district. A few days later, Postanjyan was called to the National
Security Service for questioning where he was taken under arrest.
Zaruhi Postanjian denounced the case as baseless and politically
motivated and said it was coordinated attack against her, Heritage
and the whole defiant public.
A1Plus.am
25 May 2011
The Sardarapat movement initiative group has issued a statement
voicing support for Heritage Party MP Zaruhi Postanjyan.
"Tigran Postanjyan, the brother of opposition MP Zaruhi Postanjyan,
has started a hunger strike in Nubarashen penitentiary to protest
against the inhuman and humiliating attitude of the prison
administration. Tigran's arrest was ungrounded and politically
motivated and was targeted at his sister Zaruhi Postanjyan. We voice
our support for the deputy, who struggles for the rights of our
citizens and stretch out a helping hand to numerous people, and call
on Tigran to stop the hunger strike.
We hope that the civil society will show solidarity in the matter,
as political repression will not cease unless people overthrow the
regime," the movement said in a statement.
In February 2011, a case was filed against Tigran Postanjyan, a leading
specialist in Yerevan's Arabkir district and the brother of Heritage
MP Zaruhi Postanjyan, for receiving AMD 100,000 (about $274 US)
remuneration for turning a blind eye to illegal construction done in
his district. A few days later, Postanjyan was called to the National
Security Service for questioning where he was taken under arrest.
Zaruhi Postanjian denounced the case as baseless and politically
motivated and said it was coordinated attack against her, Heritage
and the whole defiant public.