"POLITICAL PERSECUTION" | YerevanNights.com

"POLITICAL PERSECUTION"

The Committee for the Protection of Political Prisoners issued a statement today which runs in part,

The Armenian leadership ignored the numerous appeals of international structures and human rights activists calling for a pre-term release of Arman Babajanian, editor-in-chief of “Zhamanak Yerevan” and “Zhamanak Los Angeles.”

The authorities’ decision to keep Babajanian in prison is politically motivated and has no legal grounds. Their promises to establish a democratic and civil society in Armenia proved to be hollow.

They hope they will be able to intimidate and silence our compatriots through murders, torture and imprisonment.

The Committee for the Protection of Political Prisoners condemns the authorities’ step and considers it as a political persecution against a RoA citizen and a free-thinking journalist.

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Source: http://www.a1plus.am/en/?page=issue&iid=62940

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