NATIONAL PRESS CLUB QUALIFIED MONDAY EXPLOSION OF NIKOL PASHINYAN’S CAR AS
ACT AGAINST PRESS FREEDOM

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 23. ARMINFO. National Press Club qualifies the Monday
explosion of the car of Aykakan Zhamanak chief editor Nikol Pashinyan as a
terrorist act against press freedom in Armenia.

NPC says that if earlier such acts were aimed against journalists’ cameras
now applied is an explosive. The lives of journalists are in danger. NPC demands
that the government punish the organizers of the crime. “It’s time to come to
one’s senses and to restore legality in Armenia otherwise the wheel of
violation may turn in some unpredictable direction.”

To remind, Pashinyan’s car exploded Monday evening and his staff are
suspecting Armenian businessman Gagik Tsarukyan who has recently been a target of
their pens.