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Protest march in support of Shant Harutyunyan (video, photos)
14:22 - 10.01.14
A crowd of activists gathered in Yerevan's Liberty Square on Friday
for a protest march in support of Shant Harutyunyan, the
nationalistTseghakron party's leader detained in the wake of an
anti-government protest in November.
The opposition Heritage party's leader, Raffi Hovhanisian, who has
also recently returned from the United States, has joined the crowd.
Speaking to the journalists on the scene, he considered Harutyunyan a
political prisoner who needs support.
Artur Sakunts, the chairman of the Helsinki Citizens' Assembly's
Vanadzor Office, is also among the protesters.
Harutyunyan was detained on November 5 as he attempted to head to the
Presidential Office together with a group of supporters to `blow up
the building' (as he had earlier stated). But the police later managed
to stop the procession. Subsequent clashes led to the arrest of 30
activists, including Harutyunyan.
The Tseghakron party's leader now faces charges over using violence
against a policeman.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fc_OSguzHMc
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2014/01/10/shant-ert/
14:22 - 10.01.14
A crowd of activists gathered in Yerevan's Liberty Square on Friday
for a protest march in support of Shant Harutyunyan, the
nationalistTseghakron party's leader detained in the wake of an
anti-government protest in November.
The opposition Heritage party's leader, Raffi Hovhanisian, who has
also recently returned from the United States, has joined the crowd.
Speaking to the journalists on the scene, he considered Harutyunyan a
political prisoner who needs support.
Artur Sakunts, the chairman of the Helsinki Citizens' Assembly's
Vanadzor Office, is also among the protesters.
Harutyunyan was detained on November 5 as he attempted to head to the
Presidential Office together with a group of supporters to `blow up
the building' (as he had earlier stated). But the police later managed
to stop the procession. Subsequent clashes led to the arrest of 30
activists, including Harutyunyan.
The Tseghakron party's leader now faces charges over using violence
against a policeman.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fc_OSguzHMc
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2014/01/10/shant-ert/