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FAMILY VISITS SHANT HARUTYUNYAN, WHO URGES PUBLIC TO TAKE TO THE STREETS AND 'SEIZE FREEDOM'
01.14.2014 23:05 epress.am
Shant Harutyunyan hasn't lost courage; he's just gotten a little thin
and lost a bit of color, Harutyunyan's wife, Ruzanna Badalyan, who,
along with her son, Shahen, saw her husband for the first time since
hisarrest on Nov. 5, 2013, informed Epress.am today.
"His condition was normal. We spoke about a lot of things; some
things he was familiar with, some, he wasn't. He hasn't seen much of
what's been in the press. For a few days now, he's been listening to
Azatutyun Radio [RFE/RL's Armenian service] with the radio we gave him,
so he learned a lot of information from us," she said.
She believes that getting Harutyunyan out of complete isolation was
the first small victory. "Shant urged [people] to fight; to come out
on the street and seize freedom," she said.
Recall, Harutyunyan and five others arrested with him went on hunger
strike to demand the ban on family visits be lifted. Harutyunyan
stopped his hunger strike on Jan. 10, after being taken to the Hospital
for Detainees due to his worsening health.
http://www.epress.am/en/2014/01/14/family-visits-shant-harutyunyan-who-urges-public-to-take-to-the-streets-and-seize-freedom.html
01.14.2014 23:05 epress.am
Shant Harutyunyan hasn't lost courage; he's just gotten a little thin
and lost a bit of color, Harutyunyan's wife, Ruzanna Badalyan, who,
along with her son, Shahen, saw her husband for the first time since
hisarrest on Nov. 5, 2013, informed Epress.am today.
"His condition was normal. We spoke about a lot of things; some
things he was familiar with, some, he wasn't. He hasn't seen much of
what's been in the press. For a few days now, he's been listening to
Azatutyun Radio [RFE/RL's Armenian service] with the radio we gave him,
so he learned a lot of information from us," she said.
She believes that getting Harutyunyan out of complete isolation was
the first small victory. "Shant urged [people] to fight; to come out
on the street and seize freedom," she said.
Recall, Harutyunyan and five others arrested with him went on hunger
strike to demand the ban on family visits be lifted. Harutyunyan
stopped his hunger strike on Jan. 10, after being taken to the Hospital
for Detainees due to his worsening health.
http://www.epress.am/en/2014/01/14/family-visits-shant-harutyunyan-who-urges-public-to-take-to-the-streets-and-seize-freedom.html