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HELSINKI ASSOCIATION CALLS FOR DEMOCRACY IN ARMENIA
[06:35 pm] 29 May, 2008
On 28 May an activist of youth oppositional movement
-Hima- (Now) and -Sksel a- (It Has Started) Arsen
Kharatyan was brutally beaten in Yerevan. The Armenian
authorities which are reluctant to investigate the
offences occurred during the presidential election and
are against the dispersal of peaceful demonstrations,
commit new outrages and pursue dictate of force.
The demands of the international community to carry
out democratic changes in the country and to conduct
an impartial investigation into the crimes as provided
for in the PACE Resolution 1609 are neglected. Ordered
trials into the cases of representatives of the
opposition and made-up and unproven charges brought
against them are still underway. Harassment of the
General Prosecution directed against the Ombudsman of
Armenia A. Harutyunyan is nothing but a pressure on
any manifestation of decent opinion. There is no place
in the civilized world for a country which has more
than a hundred of political prisoners.
Once more does the Helsinki Association apply to the
world community with a necessity to exert pressure on
the authorities of Armenia for the latter to conduct
immediate democratic changes and live up to all
obligations taken before the world community. HELSINKI
ASSOCIATION 05.29.2008