IN PARUYR HAYRIKIAN’S WORDS, IN ORDER TO HELP ARMENIAN POLITICAL PRISONERS WE SHOULD SPEAK ABOUT THEM MORE

Noyan Tapan
Jul 16 2007

YEREVAN, JULY 16, NOYAN TAPAN. Even after the collapse of the
Soviet Union we were not able to liquidate such negative phenomena
as political persecutions. Paruyr Hayrikian, the Chairman of the
National Self-Determination Union, stated at the July 16 meeting
with journalists.

According to his observation, the independent Armenia also has
political prisoners. Among them he numbered Zhirayr Sefilian, the
Coordinator of the Defence of Liberated Territories public initiative,
Vardan Malkhasian, a member of the Political Board of the Homeland and
Honor party, and "partly" the former RA Foreign Minister, Alexander
Arzumanian.

In order to help the latters, in P. Hayrikian’s words, we should
speak about them publicly and as much as possible.

As regards the idea of organizing a public trial, which has emerged
lately, P. Hayrikian doubts that it can be realized. Meanwhile,
P. Hayrikian said that such issues should be solved with united,
all-national efforts.