EDWARD SAHARIAN GETS KIDNEY PROBLEM AFTER BEING BEATEN BY GEORGIAN POLICEMEN

Noyan Tapan

Au g 27, 2008

AKHALKALAK, AUGUST 27, ARMENIANS TODAY – NOYAN TAPAN. Member of "United
Javakhk" democratic alliance Edward Saharian of the village of Gumbordo
was cruelly beaten by Georgian policemen and got a kidney problem.

Javakhk-Info reported citing reliable sources that E. Saharian was
taken to police from the Armenian-Georgian border and arrested on a
charge of "hooliganism". Then policemen detained his brother, member
of "United Javakhk" Ararat Saharian. The detention term of Edward
and Ararat Saharians was extended for 20 days.

E. Saharian was cruelly beaten by policemen, as a result of which he
got a kidney problem and was taken to hospital. After receiving the
first medical aid, he has been released. Ararat Saharian has also
been released.

E. and A. Saharians were arrested several days after the explosion
near the house of the head of Akhalkalak police Samvel Petrosian.