INSTIGATORS OF YEREVAN DISORDERS MISINFORM INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY

PanARMENIAN.Net
14.04.2008 19:16 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ None of the suspects in organization of Yerevan
disorders in early March was charged over political beliefs. They are
all accused of committing criminal offences, head of the investigation
group Vahagn Harutyunyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.

"Criminal cases were initiated in compliance with the following
articles of the RA Penal Code: article 300 (overthrow of the
authorities), article 225 (organization of disorders that claimed
human lives), article 235 (illegal keeping of weapon)," he said. "78
people are kept in custody. In all, 113 were charged.

We work not to arrest but to disclose crimes. It specifically refers
to the instigators of the riots, who likewise the authorities are
responsible for the tragic events. Now, politicizing the events, they
attempt to avoid responsibility and to misinform the international
community. This is inadmissible for us."

He refuted Levon Ter-Petrosyan’s statement on 150 political prisoners
in Armenia. "The opposition aims to dishonor our country. Such
statements have nothing to do with the truth," he said.