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    THE REGIME IS CLEANING UP IN PREPARATION FOR PUTIN'S VISIT: ON THE ARRESTS OF OPPOSITIONISTS

    04.08.2015 18:33 epress.am

    Today, April 8, about a hundred members and supporters of the
    "Founding Parliament" civil initiative held a protest in front of
    the Erebuni Detention Facility in Yerevan demanding the release of
    the six leaders of the initiative arrested on Tuesday, April 7.

    "Heritage" faction MP Zaruhi Postanjyan, who attended the protest
    action, entered the detention facility and met with the arrested
    oppositionists. "Founding Parliament" coordinator Jirayr Sefilian
    and the other five men, as Postanjyan later told the people gathered
    in front of the building, had some health complaints, but said that
    they had not been subjected to violence. The MP also stated that the
    initiative's plans on April 24 remained unchanged.

    "The regime is afraid. Obviously, only a fearful person resorts to
    extreme steps. I demand that all of the arrested men are set free
    immediately," Postanjyan said.

    According to the MP, there were no basis for the arrest, apart from the
    fact that the "Founding Parliament" members and the ruling authorities
    have different political views.

    "Where were the officers of the National Security Service or the
    Special Investigative Committee when Valery Permyakov fled the 102nd
    [Russian] military base armed? Why did they allow the massacre to
    happen? A number of legal norms have been violated in the investigation
    of the Avetisyan family murder. They should go and arrest Valery
    Permyakov right this moment if they are so mighty," the MP said.

    War veteran Jirayr Sefilian's brother, Toros Sefilian, who was also
    among those detained on Tuesday morning to be released hours later,
    told reporters that they were mainly asked by the investigative body
    about the citizen army organized by "Founding Parliament."

    "I explained what the citizen army and its purpose was. There are
    young girls and women in that army. Don't assume, like the Police did,
    they are armed only because it's called an army," Toros Sefilian said.

    According to him, the Police have confiscated all the computers
    from their home, as well as the water flask and the dagger used by
    Jirayr Sefilian during the Artsakh Liberation War. "Those items were
    confiscated in 2008, too, so we are used to it," Toros Sefilian said.

    In an interview with Epress.am, film director Tigran Khzmalyan compared
    the arrest of the "Founding Parliament" leaders with that of opposition
    activist, political prisoner Shant Harutyunyan and his friends.

    "Once again the authorities are preparing for Putin's visit (Russian
    President Vladimir Putin's possible visit to Armenia on the Armenian
    Genocide Remembrance Day, April 24 - Epress.am). Just like the metal
    covers of sewer manholes that are welded by the authorities on the
    streets where Putin is set to pass, [the oppositionists] pose yet
    another problem that needs to be dealt with," Khzmalyan said.

    Video in Armenian only.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xtZ_Hl86rY

    http://www.epress.am/en/2015/04/08/the-regime-is-cleaning-up-in-preparation-for-putins-visit-on-the-arrests-of-oppositionists.html




    From: A. Papazian
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