SURENYANTS GOES ON HUNGER STRIKE
Support A1+!Suren Surenyants, member of the political board of the “Hanrapetutiun” (Republic) Party, has gone on a hunger strike since early morning. He noted that he had practiced his constitutional right and freedom and did not commit any offence and therefore demands stopping persecution and immediate release. Surenyants says he was arrested for his political stance - people shouldn’t be prosecuted for their political standing.
To remind, according to a police statement Suren Surenyants was prosecuted under Article 225. He was sentenced to a 20-day imprisonment for organizing an unsanctioned rally. Afterwards he faced prosecution under Article 300 of the Armenian Criminal Code dealing with attempts to “usurp power.”
“An imprisoned person turns out to be charged with attempts to overthrow the government,” Surenyants’s attorney Hovik Arsenian said to A1+.
It is due to mention that neither an investigative group nor the Red Cross has visited the detainee.
