SITUATION IN JAVAKHK IS DANGEROUS
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Georgia’s Interior Ministry has arrested Grigor Minasyan and Sargis Hakobjanyan. They are actively engaged in the cultural life of Akhaltskha town. Grigor Minasyan heads the “Armenian Youth Centre” and Grigor Minasyan - “Charles Aznavour” Charity Foundation. A criminal action has been filed. The detainees are charged with formation of illegal groupings and espionage.
“Yesterday Georgia’s Intelligence Service raided the premises of the Youth Centre. They took away part of the Centre’s library. The raid was followed by the arrest of Grigor Minasyan and Sargis Hakobjanyan,” Armenian MP and Chairman of the “Javakhk" Patriotic Union Shirak Torosyan told A1+.
The indictment is ungrounded. Minasyan and Hakobjanyan have nothing to do with politics. This is a state terror against leading Javakhki figures. They want to disturb cultural and national life of Javakhk and create an atmosphere of fear, horror and distrust.
The representatives of the Intelligence Service have found no weapon in the detainees’ flats. Shirak Torosyan thinks similar attitude towards Javakhki Armenians may lead to dangerous and undesirable consequences.
This can be the last straw for Javakhki Armenians. If Georgian authorities should not forget that one they their misdeeds may boomerang against them. I am convinced that there are no armed groupings in Javakhk. I call on the Georgian authorities to sober up and release Grigor Minasyan and Sargis Hakobjanyan who were transported to Tbilisi after the arrest.
Mr. Torosyan says Armenian authorities, for their turn, should take adequate measures. “They must clear up the matter, find the reasons for their arrest as well as the aim of Georgian authorities.
