NEXT DEMONSTRATION IN DEFENCE OF ZHIRAYR SEFILIAN AND VARDAN
MALKHASIAN HELD IN YEREVAN
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 2, NOYAN TAPAN. "The main goal of the "Armenian
Volunteers’ Unity" public initiative is to prevent the reproduction of
the present immoral, illegal and anti-national regime." Samvel
Haroutiunian, a member of the initiative made such a statement during
the February 2 demonstration of complaint organized in defence of
Zhirayr Sefilian, the organization coordinator, commander of the
Shoushi special battalion, and Vardan Malkhasian, a member of the
"Hayrenik u Pativ" (Fatherland and Honour) party political council.
As Zh.Sefilian’s brother, Toros Sefilian mentioned in the interview
with journalists, the reason for the "Armenian Volunteers’ Unity"
coordinator’s arrest are the coming parliamentary elections, control
of holding of which Zh.Sefilian intended to organize to stop their
falsification as much as possible.