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PEOPLE ARE COMPELLED TO HUNGER-STRIKE

Politics

Today at 17.30 member of the “New Times” Party Hrachya Sargssian went on a hunger-strike at the Prosecutor’s Office. He demands that Chairman of the “New Times” Party Aram Karapetian be released and his case be annulled.

Hrachya Sargssian decided to take extreme measures when he learnt that the Chairman was in a dreadful health state. “The authorities compel me to a hunger-strike. They are trying to prolong the detention term putting Karapetian’s life at stake. As it turns out it has been useless to convince the authorities that an innocent, decent person, a political leader and a Doctor of Science mustn’t be kept under arrest for his political views”, complains Hrachya Sargssian.

While Sargssian arranged to inform the Prosecutor about his hunger-strike in writing, a group of women staged a protest action in defense of Aram Karapetian. Today Hrant Khachatrian, Chairman of the “Constitutional Rights Union” was also at the Prosecutor’s Office with the same demand.

“Aram Karapetian was detained even before March 1. As far as I know they have not even started the investigation process. The authorities do their best to keep intelligent people in isolation. It is quite obvious that Aram Karapetian is a political prisoner.”