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ARMENIANS DEMANDING JUSTICE FOR KIDNAPPED POLITICIAN - VIDEO
14:48 * 09.02.15
A crowd of Armenian civic activists gathered Monday afternoon in
front of the Government building in Yerevan's Republican Square to
condemn the recent kidnapping of Artak Khachatryan, a member of the
opposition-leaning Prosperous Armenia party (PAP).
The protesters, identifying themselves as members of the group
Suspension, were calling for strong measures to condemn the violence
against the politician.
The protest was joined by PAP lawmakers, including Vartan Oskanian,
a former foreign minister who strongly condemned the incident. He
called for taking a broader outlook on the kidnapping. "Democracy,
the country's situation today ... it is really necessary to put an
end to all this through a revolt; it's no longer possible," he told
reporters at the scene.
Oskanian said he sees the authorities' responsibility behind the
kidnapping. "What is going on in the country lies upon the authorities'
responsibility. If they are not able to end all this and resolve this
particular incident, then they are to blame for that," he noted.
Asked whether the incident might be treated as a challenge to Gagik
Tsarukyan, the Prosperous Armenia party's leader, Oskanian replied,
"This is a challenge to the entire Armenian nation, so we as a nation
have to put an end to all this. No one must be beaten in Armenia for
his or her activities; the people's patience has really worn thin,"
he noted.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2015/02/09/artak-khachatrian/1584254
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLCaF8oRDBY
14:48 * 09.02.15
A crowd of Armenian civic activists gathered Monday afternoon in
front of the Government building in Yerevan's Republican Square to
condemn the recent kidnapping of Artak Khachatryan, a member of the
opposition-leaning Prosperous Armenia party (PAP).
The protesters, identifying themselves as members of the group
Suspension, were calling for strong measures to condemn the violence
against the politician.
The protest was joined by PAP lawmakers, including Vartan Oskanian,
a former foreign minister who strongly condemned the incident. He
called for taking a broader outlook on the kidnapping. "Democracy,
the country's situation today ... it is really necessary to put an
end to all this through a revolt; it's no longer possible," he told
reporters at the scene.
Oskanian said he sees the authorities' responsibility behind the
kidnapping. "What is going on in the country lies upon the authorities'
responsibility. If they are not able to end all this and resolve this
particular incident, then they are to blame for that," he noted.
Asked whether the incident might be treated as a challenge to Gagik
Tsarukyan, the Prosperous Armenia party's leader, Oskanian replied,
"This is a challenge to the entire Armenian nation, so we as a nation
have to put an end to all this. No one must be beaten in Armenia for
his or her activities; the people's patience has really worn thin,"
he noted.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2015/02/09/artak-khachatrian/1584254
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLCaF8oRDBY