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Armen Martirosyan: Armenian authorities do not want Armenia to lag
behind Azerbaijan by number of political prisoners
by Nana Martirosyan
Saturday, October 18, 15:36
The Armenian authorities do not want to lag behind Azerbaijani
colleagues by the number of political prisoners in the country, Armen
Martirosyan, Deputy Head of Heritage Party, told ArmInfo when
commenting on the verdict against Shant Harutyunyan and his friends.
"If the authorities continue the reforms making people like Shant
Harutyunyan prisoners and appointing people like Surik Khachatryan
governors, Armenia will degrade to the feudal system period in the
near future", he said. To resist this process, all public strata
should join efforts to get rid of the ruling regime, he added.
Martirosyan pointed out that the verdict against Shant Harutyunyan and
especially his son Shahen Harutyunyan is unacceptable. "Every father
would be proud of such a son, who would defend him without violating
the law and moral standards", he said. The politician stressed that
the 5 Nov 2013 incident was the result of provocation of the police
dressed as civilians.
To note, Leader of Tseghakron Party Shant Harutyunyan has been
sentenced to 6 years in prison and his son Shahen Harutyunyan has been
given a 4-year suspended sentence. The verdict was delivered on
October 17 by the court of general jurisdiction of Kentron and Nork
Marash communities of Yerevan. Vahe Lazarian, one of Shant
Harutyunyan's teammates, has been sentenced for 7 years in jail,
Albert Sarkaryan - 6 years, Sevak Mnatsakanyan - 5.5 years, retired
Lieutenant Colonel Vardan Vardanyan, Liparit Petrosyan and Avetis
Avetisyan - 5 years, Hayk Harutyunyan - 4.5 years, Alex Poghosyan and
Mkrtich Hovhannisyan - 4 years. Armen Hovhannisyan, who served in the
Armenian army for 20 years, has been sentenced to 2 years in jail, and
Tigran Petrosyan has been given a 1-year sentence.
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behind Azerbaijan by number of political prisoners
by Nana Martirosyan
Saturday, October 18, 15:36
The Armenian authorities do not want to lag behind Azerbaijani
colleagues by the number of political prisoners in the country, Armen
Martirosyan, Deputy Head of Heritage Party, told ArmInfo when
commenting on the verdict against Shant Harutyunyan and his friends.
"If the authorities continue the reforms making people like Shant
Harutyunyan prisoners and appointing people like Surik Khachatryan
governors, Armenia will degrade to the feudal system period in the
near future", he said. To resist this process, all public strata
should join efforts to get rid of the ruling regime, he added.
Martirosyan pointed out that the verdict against Shant Harutyunyan and
especially his son Shahen Harutyunyan is unacceptable. "Every father
would be proud of such a son, who would defend him without violating
the law and moral standards", he said. The politician stressed that
the 5 Nov 2013 incident was the result of provocation of the police
dressed as civilians.
To note, Leader of Tseghakron Party Shant Harutyunyan has been
sentenced to 6 years in prison and his son Shahen Harutyunyan has been
given a 4-year suspended sentence. The verdict was delivered on
October 17 by the court of general jurisdiction of Kentron and Nork
Marash communities of Yerevan. Vahe Lazarian, one of Shant
Harutyunyan's teammates, has been sentenced for 7 years in jail,
Albert Sarkaryan - 6 years, Sevak Mnatsakanyan - 5.5 years, retired
Lieutenant Colonel Vardan Vardanyan, Liparit Petrosyan and Avetis
Avetisyan - 5 years, Hayk Harutyunyan - 4.5 years, Alex Poghosyan and
Mkrtich Hovhannisyan - 4 years. Armen Hovhannisyan, who served in the
Armenian army for 20 years, has been sentenced to 2 years in jail, and
Tigran Petrosyan has been given a 1-year sentence.
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