“Sardarapat” expresses support for Zaruhi Postanjyan
The Sardarapat movement initiative group has issued a statement voicing support for Heritage Party MP Zaruhi Postanjyan.
"Tigran Postanjyan, the brother of opposition MP Zaruhi Postanjyan, has started a hunger strike in Nubarashen penitentiary to protest against the inhuman and humiliating attitude of the prison administration. Tigran's arrest was ungrounded and politically motivated and was targeted at his sister Zaruhi Postanjyan. We voice our support for the deputy, who struggles for the rights of our citizens and stretch out a helping hand to numerous people, and call on Tigran to stop the hunger strike.
We hope that the civil society will show solidarity in the matter, as political repression will not cease unless people overthrow the regime," the movement said in a statement.
In February 2011, a case was filed against Tigran Postanjyan, a leading specialist in Yerevan's Arabkir district and the brother of Heritage MP Zaruhi Postanjyan, for receiving AMD 100,000 (about $274 US) remuneration for turning a blind eye to illegal construction done in his district. A few days later, Postanjyan was called to the National Security Service for questioning where he was taken under arrest.
Zaruhi Postanjian denounced the case as baseless and politically motivated and said it was coordinated attack against her, Heritage and the whole defiant public.
