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Armenia's DM spokesperson should reveal names of human right advocates
who visited murdered conscript's family - Arthur Sakunts
18:36 - 19.05.13
Head of Helsinki Civil Association Vanadzor office Arthur Sakunts
demands Armenia's Defense Ministry's spokesperson present facts over
the claims that the parents of killed conscript decided to bring the
corpse of their son to Yerevan with the advice of an NGO.
In his Facebook post Defense Ministry spokesperson Artsrun Hovanissian
wrote that the actions of Luxe Stepanyan's relatives were organized.
`We understand the parents and not many will understand them better
than we, but no one should orient and make it a national tragedy and
shame,' he wrote.
The post was followed by information that a day ago the parents of the
murdered conscript met with a human right advocate organziation.
`The statement of the DM spokesman is at least strange for me. He has
to make a clear statement and tell the names,' he said. `The statement
made on conclusions speaks of their attitude toward the activity of
such human right organizations. Such attitude cannot promote the
increase of people's trust toward armed forces,' he said.
The human rights advocate reminded the spokesperson that he is not a
blogger or a common citizen but a spokesperson of state institution.
`If he makes his statement based on blogger's or Facebook discussion,
Hovannisian must at least realize that he is not a common blogger or
citizen but a spokesperson of official institution, he represents a
state establishment,' he stressed.
Sakunts said he is interested whether the spokesperson expressed his
personal opinion or the approach of the state establishment.
He also stressed that Hovannisian should better understand who is the
guilty of what happened. `If he is frank, he should pay attention that
the deaths in the army are not caused by human right advocates but by
awkward leadership. I assess it as an obvious call to divert the
attention of the people from the causes of all the issues which is not
appropriate for DM spokesperson and state institution in general,'
Sakunts stated.
Earlier bloggers and the chairman of Asbarez journalists club wrote in
Facebook that a representative of human rights advocate organization
visited the family of the killed conscript on the eve of the incident.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2013/05/19/artur-saqunc/
who visited murdered conscript's family - Arthur Sakunts
18:36 - 19.05.13
Head of Helsinki Civil Association Vanadzor office Arthur Sakunts
demands Armenia's Defense Ministry's spokesperson present facts over
the claims that the parents of killed conscript decided to bring the
corpse of their son to Yerevan with the advice of an NGO.
In his Facebook post Defense Ministry spokesperson Artsrun Hovanissian
wrote that the actions of Luxe Stepanyan's relatives were organized.
`We understand the parents and not many will understand them better
than we, but no one should orient and make it a national tragedy and
shame,' he wrote.
The post was followed by information that a day ago the parents of the
murdered conscript met with a human right advocate organziation.
`The statement of the DM spokesman is at least strange for me. He has
to make a clear statement and tell the names,' he said. `The statement
made on conclusions speaks of their attitude toward the activity of
such human right organizations. Such attitude cannot promote the
increase of people's trust toward armed forces,' he said.
The human rights advocate reminded the spokesperson that he is not a
blogger or a common citizen but a spokesperson of state institution.
`If he makes his statement based on blogger's or Facebook discussion,
Hovannisian must at least realize that he is not a common blogger or
citizen but a spokesperson of official institution, he represents a
state establishment,' he stressed.
Sakunts said he is interested whether the spokesperson expressed his
personal opinion or the approach of the state establishment.
He also stressed that Hovannisian should better understand who is the
guilty of what happened. `If he is frank, he should pay attention that
the deaths in the army are not caused by human right advocates but by
awkward leadership. I assess it as an obvious call to divert the
attention of the people from the causes of all the issues which is not
appropriate for DM spokesperson and state institution in general,'
Sakunts stated.
Earlier bloggers and the chairman of Asbarez journalists club wrote in
Facebook that a representative of human rights advocate organization
visited the family of the killed conscript on the eve of the incident.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2013/05/19/artur-saqunc/