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MILITARY EXPERT CALLED "ANTI-NATIONAL" FOR SAYING MURDERS IN ARMENIAN ARMY ARE HIDDEN
02.03.2014 12:18 epress.am
A meeting between journalists and military expert Ruben Martirosyan
(pictured) on Saturday quickly turned into a war of words, resulting
in some of the journalists opting to boycott the press conference.
Some members of the media claimed the press conference was
"anti-national"; in other words, against the nation's interests.
At the press conference, Martirosyan said he doesn't trust the
statements issued by Armenia's Ministry of Defense, except for those
which announce the start of the (annual) military draft. Martirosyan
said that many incidents of murder in Armenia's army are covered
up and presented as suicides. Journalists became enraged when the
military expert said that in some of these cases the Ministry of
Defense claims the soldier was killed by Azeris.
Martirosyan recalled the cases of Albert Adibekyan, Zorik Margaryan,
Arman Gharakhanyan, and Khachatur Melikyan: immediately after the
deaths of these soldiers, the defense ministry issued a statement
saying they were a result of Azerbaijani "sabotage attacks," but it
was later discovered that some of the deaths occurred without enemy
intervention; indictments were drawn up and people were arrested
(according to Martirosyan, innocent soldiers). In one incident,
the case was quashed.
Some of the journalists present began to wonder whether Martirosyan
was doubting the more recent shooting incident on the frontline, which
resulted in the death of Armen Hovhannisyan, and whether Martirosyan
could say so "looking into the eyes of Hovhannisyan's parents."
"Yes, we know what happens, but you can't make such anti-national
statements," said one journalist who left the meeting.
Attorney Mushegh Shushanyan, also a guest at the press conference,
intervened: "This is not about denying the incursion but that in
some cases there is information being circulated about incursions,
based on which claims are put forward, and later it becomes proven
that those claims were false, but they are not denied."
http://www.epress.am/en/2014/02/03/military-expert-called-anti-national-for-saying-murders-in-armenian-army-are-hidden.html
02.03.2014 12:18 epress.am
A meeting between journalists and military expert Ruben Martirosyan
(pictured) on Saturday quickly turned into a war of words, resulting
in some of the journalists opting to boycott the press conference.
Some members of the media claimed the press conference was
"anti-national"; in other words, against the nation's interests.
At the press conference, Martirosyan said he doesn't trust the
statements issued by Armenia's Ministry of Defense, except for those
which announce the start of the (annual) military draft. Martirosyan
said that many incidents of murder in Armenia's army are covered
up and presented as suicides. Journalists became enraged when the
military expert said that in some of these cases the Ministry of
Defense claims the soldier was killed by Azeris.
Martirosyan recalled the cases of Albert Adibekyan, Zorik Margaryan,
Arman Gharakhanyan, and Khachatur Melikyan: immediately after the
deaths of these soldiers, the defense ministry issued a statement
saying they were a result of Azerbaijani "sabotage attacks," but it
was later discovered that some of the deaths occurred without enemy
intervention; indictments were drawn up and people were arrested
(according to Martirosyan, innocent soldiers). In one incident,
the case was quashed.
Some of the journalists present began to wonder whether Martirosyan
was doubting the more recent shooting incident on the frontline, which
resulted in the death of Armen Hovhannisyan, and whether Martirosyan
could say so "looking into the eyes of Hovhannisyan's parents."
"Yes, we know what happens, but you can't make such anti-national
statements," said one journalist who left the meeting.
Attorney Mushegh Shushanyan, also a guest at the press conference,
intervened: "This is not about denying the incursion but that in
some cases there is information being circulated about incursions,
based on which claims are put forward, and later it becomes proven
that those claims were false, but they are not denied."
http://www.epress.am/en/2014/02/03/military-expert-called-anti-national-for-saying-murders-in-armenian-army-are-hidden.html