Police chief threatened activist Shahen Harutyunyan
After yesterday’s march to the building of the Russian Embassy in Yerevan, police officers in civilian clothes approached civil activist Shahen Harutyunyan and his friends and invited them to a police department to talk to Yerevan Police Chief Ashot Karapetyan. Shahen’s mother, Ruzanna Badalyan, was with him on Thursday evening, but she was not allowed to participate in the meeting with the chief of Yerevan Police. “Karapetyan asked me why I behaved so aggressively and whose photos I burnt during the action. I said those were the photos of three traitors – Putin, Aliyev and Serzh. He said I was acting against the state. I responded that the state has nothing to do with the struggle, there are three people against whom I am fighting,” Shahen Harutyunyan said to A1+ The activist says the conversation took place in a tense atmosphere; the chief of Yerevan Police expressed his opinion about ‘rude’ speeches made during rallies. "He gave me a final warning saying I would be in trouble otherwise. I replied that I am not afraid of problems. Then he [Karapetyan] said: You will be sent [to prison] for years." I said I'm fighting for my ideas. In response, he said I must reconsider the way of fight.”
