MATENADARAN DEPUTY DIRECTOR ARSHAK BANUCHIAN ARRESTED

Noyan Tapan
March 25, 2008

YEREVAN, MARCH 25, NOYAN TAPAN. A search was conducted in the house of
Matenadaran Deputy Director Arshak Banuchian in the evening of March
24 and he was being interrogated at the Special Investigation Service
from 21:15 up to late night. Armen Khachatrian, a representative of
the office of first RA President Levon Ter-Petrosian, reported this
to Radio Liberty. According to him, information on A. Banuchian’s
arrest was received at about 3:00.

It should be mentioned that Arshak Banuchian is one of the
intellectuals, who joined the movement led by L. Ter-Petrosian.