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ALTHOUGH HOPELESS THEY SET THEIR DEMANDS
[07:02 pm] 05 September, 2008
The Prosecutor General had unexpected `guests’ today. As usual the
wives of the political prisoners gathered here to inquire about their
spouses. They gave a letter to the Prosecutor General with a demand to
release the political prisoners although they are convinced that their
calls will be left unaddressed.
We know no other way of struggle but strikes and protest actions. You
cannot imagine the unlawfulness reigning in our courts. The hearing of
my husband’s case was adjourned simply because the defender was late
for 10 minutes,’ said Vardges Gaspar’s wife Anahit Ayvazi.
Samvel Karapetian’s wife says her husband was sentenced to three
years’ of imprisonment only for restoring 600 ballot papers cast in
favour of Levon Ter-Petrossian.
`Our country is on the verge of collapse. Our national heroes are
jailed. I am here in the name of all mothers. We shall not find rest
unless the last man is set free,’ said 67-year-old Khanum whose son
was justified and released from the courtroom.
The protesters were accompanied by ordinary people and random
passers-by who voiced concern over the country’s interior life.
Note, the wives of the political prisoners have been gathering in
front of the Prosecutor’s Office every Friday since April 7.