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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.

    http://www.arminfo.am/index.cfm?objectid=039384B0-56BB-11E4-B58C0EB7C0D21663

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