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MUST PICK UP THE GAUNTLET: PROTEST IN SUPPORT OF KIDNAPPED AND BEAT UP ACTIVIST (VIDEO)
02.09.2015 18:06 epress.am
Until society counters the authority's acts of violence, incidents of
people being subjected to violence will be continues, said Armenian
National Congress (HAK) MP Aram Manukyan in front of the government
building during a solidarity protest for Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK)
political councilor Artak Khachatryan. Khachatryan was kidnapped and
brutally beaten on Saturday.
According to Manukyan, society has to pick up the thrown down gauntlet,
but need to counter attack not through violence like the authorities
do, but by consolidating power through civil and political forces.
BHK faction MP Naira Zohrabyan found it obvious that the attack on
Artak Khachatryan had a political nature and it occurred only after
he joined the Law on Turnover Tax protest movement.
Zohrabyan stressed that such incidents in reality remain undiscovered,
for example, the case of MP Aram Manukyan's attack, where after the
suspect confessed, his motives were entirely uncredible.
Khachatryan's brother Artyom Khachatryan, said that he believed his
brother's attack was connected to his participation in the "Kasetsum"
(Suspend) movement, and not with his connection to the BHK. He said
that today, Artak Khachatryan is already able to give a testimony
to what happened. Note, that dozens of entrepreneurs were present at
the protest, as well as MPs. Many of the participants held placards
writing "We are all Artak."
After half an hour in front of the government building, the
demonstrators began their rally toward the police and prosecutor's
office, demanding a fair investigation and that those guilty be
discovered.
http://www.epress.am/en/2015/02/09/must-pick-up-the-gauntlet-protest-in-support-of-kidnapped-and-beat-up-activist-video.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67XFyI_fe6Y
From: Baghdasarian
02.09.2015 18:06 epress.am
Until society counters the authority's acts of violence, incidents of
people being subjected to violence will be continues, said Armenian
National Congress (HAK) MP Aram Manukyan in front of the government
building during a solidarity protest for Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK)
political councilor Artak Khachatryan. Khachatryan was kidnapped and
brutally beaten on Saturday.
According to Manukyan, society has to pick up the thrown down gauntlet,
but need to counter attack not through violence like the authorities
do, but by consolidating power through civil and political forces.
BHK faction MP Naira Zohrabyan found it obvious that the attack on
Artak Khachatryan had a political nature and it occurred only after
he joined the Law on Turnover Tax protest movement.
Zohrabyan stressed that such incidents in reality remain undiscovered,
for example, the case of MP Aram Manukyan's attack, where after the
suspect confessed, his motives were entirely uncredible.
Khachatryan's brother Artyom Khachatryan, said that he believed his
brother's attack was connected to his participation in the "Kasetsum"
(Suspend) movement, and not with his connection to the BHK. He said
that today, Artak Khachatryan is already able to give a testimony
to what happened. Note, that dozens of entrepreneurs were present at
the protest, as well as MPs. Many of the participants held placards
writing "We are all Artak."
After half an hour in front of the government building, the
demonstrators began their rally toward the police and prosecutor's
office, demanding a fair investigation and that those guilty be
discovered.
http://www.epress.am/en/2015/02/09/must-pick-up-the-gauntlet-protest-in-support-of-kidnapped-and-beat-up-activist-video.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67XFyI_fe6Y
From: Baghdasarian