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    ARMENIAN HUNGER STRIKER SPENDS NIGHT UNDER FRIENDS' CONTROL

    tert.am
    11.05.12

    Member of Sardarapat Movement Artavazd Vardanyan, who has been holding
    a hunger-strike in front of the Central Election Commission (CEC)
    since last week, says several friends were on duty there this night
    to keep an eye on him.

    "By the way, people - absolutely unfamiliar individuals - were
    approaching me to express their support," he told Tert.am.

    The police did not allow the protester to set up a tent yesterday
    afternoon, saying that it would hinder people's movement in the street.

    Vardanyan went on a hunger strike on May 3, calling for "alternative
    elections in Armenia". Feeling physically weak, he wanted a tent to
    lie in, as well as protect himself from the sun and rainfalls. The
    activist was kidnapped and driven to his house last night, and asked
    not to protest outside the CEC any more.

    Asked when he will stop the hunger-strike, Vardanyan said he is
    still undecided.

    Doctors visiting the activist periodically told him about a high blood
    pressure problem and offered him an injection drug, but he rejected
    any injection saying that he does not want additional substances to
    penetrate his body.



    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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