Jhangiryan can’t appeal to Serzh Sargsyan
Vardan Jhangiryan, brother of Deputy Prosecutor General Gagik Jhangiryan, is still in poor health condition.
He lays on the couch almost the whole day because it is painful for him to walk. As he says, doctors no longer care for him because they haven't reached success after four years of treatment.
"According to doctors in Armenia, I either had to be recovered or the opposite. The steady, heavy condition definitely shows that perhaps I can't get treatment in Armenia. My situation is no different than before and that is why I would like to get treatment abroad. But we weren't able to convince the judge to let us leave Armenia and my only hope is that the Court of Appeal will give permission," said Jhangiryan to "A1+".
Vardan Jhangiryan, who has been sentenced to three years of conditional arrest for applying harmless force towards a state authority , suffers from spinal tuberculosis. On February 23, 2008, Vardan Jhangiryan was shot and beaten after his arrest on the Argavand intersection and after that, his health got worse. The court then ruled to prohibit him from leaving the country.
"I managed to walk to to the Argavand intersection without crutches and my life was relatively normal. Then it intensified and got worse," Vardan Jhangiryan told "A1+" and added that the court offered him to appeal to the RA President after which he will be able to get treatment abroad.
"I am totally against that. I can't do that physically and psychologically. I can't appeal to the non-elect president after what he did on February 19 and March 1."
Vardan Jhangiryan claims that the persecutions against the Jhangiryan family continue.
"My sister's young son is on the loose after the February events. He has a newborn son who hasn't seen his father. My brother's son has cases one after another and the same goes for my sister's other son. They are persecuting all male members of our family, besides my grandfather. We will not be scared, we have nothing to lose."
Vardan Jhangiryan said that he doesn't regret all that they are going through and that they will continue the struggle.
"It is our fate and I am one of the activists of the call to fight, fight until the end."
How often do you see Gagik Jhangiryan? To this Vardan Jhangiryan responded:
"I see him very often. I see him every night in my dreams. I have not seen him since the last trial because I am too sick to visit him. He calls me ten times a day and we talk. He is doing fine, his health is normal. We hope to meet soon."
A couple of hours after his interview with "A1+", Vardan Jhangiryan found out that his precautionary measure had changed and that he was able to leave the country to get medical treatment.
