NZhK calls for Tigran Postanjyan’s release
The New Times Party (NZhK) issued a statement calling for the release of Tigran Postanjyan, the brother of Heritage faction MP Zaruhi Postanjyan.
"Recent press reports about Tigran's health state show that Armenia entirely lacks one of the key principles of justice - equal footing for all citizens. Besides, the charges brought against Postanjyan have been revoked under the amended Criminal Code.
"Being well-aware of the regime's style, the NZhK see it as reprisal against Postanjyan, and calls for his immediate release. The authorities are obliged to respect the legal documents adopted by them, including the amendments to the Criminal Code and the amnesty act," reads the 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.
On May 11, 2011, Tigran Postanjyan started a hunger strike in Nubarashen penitentiary to protest inhuman and humiliating attitude of the prison administration.
