NO ONE CAN BE PERSECUTED FOR HIS POLITICAL VIEWS, HEAD OF RA PRESIDENT’S ADMINISTRATION SAYS

NOYAN TAPAN

Ju ly 14

On July 14, Hovik Abrahamian, the Head of the RA President’s
Administration, met with Thomas Hammarberg, the Commissioner for Human
Rights of the Council of Europe. During the meeting, they discussed
the process of fulfilment of PACE Resolutions N 1609 and 1620, in
particular, touched upon the legal status of people in detention and
the parliamentary format of independent investigation of the March
1 events. The Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe
is to present a report over these issues in the Monitoring Commission
in September.

As Noyan Tapan was informed by the RA President’s Press Office, H.

Abrahamian assured his interlocutor that the Armenian authorities
are inflexible in the issue of complete investigation of the March
1 events and punishing those guilty. He at the same time emphasized
that no one can be persecuted for his political views.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress