EX-PRESIDENT’S 20 SUPPORTERS WENT ON HUNGER STRIKE

PanARMENIAN.Net
02.04.2008 15:10 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenia’s first President Levon Ter-Petrosyan’s
detained supporters issued a statement calling on the authorities to
stop illegal actions and violence against innocent citizens and drop
the accusations brought against them.

"If our demands are not fulfilled, we, the political prisoners,
will go on one-day hunger strike today and on indefinite hunger
strike from April 9," the statement reads. The detained said they
refused collaboration with law enforcement, which, in their opinion,
acts by order of the President and Prime Minister.

"We are confident that justice will triumph and real criminals
and usurpers will stand trial," says a statement signed by Myasnik
Malkhasyan, Khachik Simonyan, Gagik Hovhannesyan, Karapet Rubinyan,
Alexander Arzumanyan, Hovik Harutyunyan, Husik Baghdasaryan, Samvel
Abovyan, Arthur Shahnazryan, Suren Surenyants, Isahak Malkhasyan,
Ashot Zakaryan, Smbat Ayvazyan, Shota Saghatelyan, Alexan (Henrik)
Vardanyan, Ararat Zurabyan, Gurgen Eghiazaryan, Masis Ayvazyan,
Petros Makeyan and Vahagn Areyan.