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    EDITOR OF OPPOSITION PAPER ARRESTED IN YEREVAN

    Vestnik Kavkaza
    Feb 3 2012
    Russia

    Ayk Gevorkyan, 45, editor of Aykakan Zhamanak, an opposition
    newspaper, has been arrested in Yerevan this morning, suspected in
    a car accident, as stated by Ashot Agaronyan, head of the PR section
    of Armenian police, News Armenia reports.

    Gevorkyan is charged for violating the traffic rules and exploitation
    of vehicle and leaving a car accident.

    Media say he was taken to the Nubareshensky Prison. Online sources say
    he has been on the wanted list since January 23. The police promised
    to give additional information later.

    It is not the first case of persecutions against staff of Aykakan
    Zhamanak. Nikol Pashinyan, Editor-in-Chief of the paper, was trialed
    for disorders in 2008 and pardoned in 2011.

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