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May 20 2012
Far right arson against DIY bar in Yerevan, Armenia
8th of May, 5:30 AM two neo-Nazi brothers, Ambik and Arame attacked
club "D.I.Y" in Yerevan. They broke window of the door and threw
bottles filled with flammable mixture. At first, fire brigade which
arrived in minutes claimed fire was due to a short circuit, but CCTV
camera of a shop next door fixed how a bald young man in a bomber
jacket and combat boots with white shoelaces committed the attack.
Far right arson against DIY bar in Yerevan, Armenia
8th of May, 5:30 AM two neo-Nazi brothers, Ambik and Arame attacked
club "D.I.Y" in Yerevan. They broke window of the door and threw
bottles filled with flammable mixture. At first, fire brigade which
arrived in minutes claimed fire was due to a short circuit, but CCTV
camera of a shop next door fixed how a bald young man in a bomber
jacket and combat boots with white shoelaces committed the attack.
9th of May 4:30 PM two Nazis were arrested, but they were soon
released with a bail of one million dram (around 80 000 euros). Money
for bail was donated by deputies of nationalist ARF (Dashnaktsyutyun)
party (ironically, co-formed by anarchists 121 years ago), Artsvik
Minasyan and Grayr Karapetyan. Now police is ignorant towards the
investigation.
A bit about the club
D.I.Y. club is an unique phenomena in Armenia. It has small but
comfortable premises, and is owned by Tsomak, who is singer of punk
band Pintset, and her friend, human rights activist Lalu Aslikyan.
Aslikyan told to Epress.am, that on Thursday around 5 PM, a group of
four or five persons came to burned down club which is currently being
repaired, and spat on her and threatened her not to reopen bar, and
promised to burn it again in case it is reopened.
In social networks, supporters of the arsonist are accusing hosts of
the bar for "propaganda of homosexuality", "destruction of Armenian
identity" and "threatening national security", but all of this is a
lie. Tsomak and her supporters are being threatened . There are groups
in social networks with photos of Tsomak and her friends, with calls
to "destroy and burn ones like them".
Deputy Minasyan, who bailed out the accused, told in an interview to
http://Panorama.am website, that he is personally familiar with the
young arsonists. "I consider them as normal guys, and police still has
to find out to which extent they are a threat to society". To question
if deputy has some position in regards to sexual minorities, he
answered "For sure I have, but I would not like that to be the main
argument against (the pub). In this case, I am certain that these
young guys acted right - in context of our national ideology. It is
another issue that damages they caused should be compensated.
Owner of the bar told journalists, that a group of 30-40 nationalists,
to which suspected brothers belong, was threatening her since pub was
opened in spring of 2011. Tsomak also refused clams, that D.I.Y. is a
gay club - "We have different kinds of guests. I do not plan to put a
gender detector or whatever on the door. Nobody has a right to
infringe ones private life, and I do not plan to do that either".
In a press conference, writer Violet Grigoriyan condemned the attac.
"Armenian people should be tolerant, because we were victims of a
genocide just because we differ from Turkish. With this approach, they
could go and burn home-museum of Sergey Paradzhanov, where homosexual
art is exhibited. Our society should not accept a position, which
refuses existence of other people.
(for photos and video, check original at
https://avtonom.org/en/freenews/far-right-arson-against-diy-bar-yerevan-armenia)
Vanya Akopan, A.A.S.
http://news.infoshop.org/article.php?story120519191736426
From: Baghdasarian
May 20 2012
Far right arson against DIY bar in Yerevan, Armenia
8th of May, 5:30 AM two neo-Nazi brothers, Ambik and Arame attacked
club "D.I.Y" in Yerevan. They broke window of the door and threw
bottles filled with flammable mixture. At first, fire brigade which
arrived in minutes claimed fire was due to a short circuit, but CCTV
camera of a shop next door fixed how a bald young man in a bomber
jacket and combat boots with white shoelaces committed the attack.
Far right arson against DIY bar in Yerevan, Armenia
8th of May, 5:30 AM two neo-Nazi brothers, Ambik and Arame attacked
club "D.I.Y" in Yerevan. They broke window of the door and threw
bottles filled with flammable mixture. At first, fire brigade which
arrived in minutes claimed fire was due to a short circuit, but CCTV
camera of a shop next door fixed how a bald young man in a bomber
jacket and combat boots with white shoelaces committed the attack.
9th of May 4:30 PM two Nazis were arrested, but they were soon
released with a bail of one million dram (around 80 000 euros). Money
for bail was donated by deputies of nationalist ARF (Dashnaktsyutyun)
party (ironically, co-formed by anarchists 121 years ago), Artsvik
Minasyan and Grayr Karapetyan. Now police is ignorant towards the
investigation.
A bit about the club
D.I.Y. club is an unique phenomena in Armenia. It has small but
comfortable premises, and is owned by Tsomak, who is singer of punk
band Pintset, and her friend, human rights activist Lalu Aslikyan.
Aslikyan told to Epress.am, that on Thursday around 5 PM, a group of
four or five persons came to burned down club which is currently being
repaired, and spat on her and threatened her not to reopen bar, and
promised to burn it again in case it is reopened.
In social networks, supporters of the arsonist are accusing hosts of
the bar for "propaganda of homosexuality", "destruction of Armenian
identity" and "threatening national security", but all of this is a
lie. Tsomak and her supporters are being threatened . There are groups
in social networks with photos of Tsomak and her friends, with calls
to "destroy and burn ones like them".
Deputy Minasyan, who bailed out the accused, told in an interview to
http://Panorama.am website, that he is personally familiar with the
young arsonists. "I consider them as normal guys, and police still has
to find out to which extent they are a threat to society". To question
if deputy has some position in regards to sexual minorities, he
answered "For sure I have, but I would not like that to be the main
argument against (the pub). In this case, I am certain that these
young guys acted right - in context of our national ideology. It is
another issue that damages they caused should be compensated.
Owner of the bar told journalists, that a group of 30-40 nationalists,
to which suspected brothers belong, was threatening her since pub was
opened in spring of 2011. Tsomak also refused clams, that D.I.Y. is a
gay club - "We have different kinds of guests. I do not plan to put a
gender detector or whatever on the door. Nobody has a right to
infringe ones private life, and I do not plan to do that either".
In a press conference, writer Violet Grigoriyan condemned the attac.
"Armenian people should be tolerant, because we were victims of a
genocide just because we differ from Turkish. With this approach, they
could go and burn home-museum of Sergey Paradzhanov, where homosexual
art is exhibited. Our society should not accept a position, which
refuses existence of other people.
(for photos and video, check original at
https://avtonom.org/en/freenews/far-right-arson-against-diy-bar-yerevan-armenia)
Vanya Akopan, A.A.S.
http://news.infoshop.org/article.php?story120519191736426
From: Baghdasarian