NEO-CONSERVATIVE ACTIVISTS WERE ARRESTED FOR PATRIOTISM, MOVEMENT LEADER STATES
PanARMENIAN.Net
20.10.2009 11:14 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Neo-Conservative activists of Vanadzor
regional committee were actually arrested for distributing leaflets
expressing their concerns over RA-Turkish Protocols, Head of National
Neoconservative Movement (NNM) Edward Abrhamyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net
reporter. Arresting youth wing activist Levon Yelchinyan and NNM
regional committee chair Manvel Kostandyan, law enforces acted in
breach of several constitutional clauses, he finds. "Police operations
in Vanadzor can be characterized as indecent and unfounded conduct.
Attempts to seed hostility between Turks and Armenians is a
disgraceful conduct by Armenian law enforcers. On October 19, our
organization addressed an open letter to RA Prosecutor General. We
hope Mr. Hovsepyan will not leave our letter unanswered."
In the evening of October 17, Vanadzor Police arrested Head of NNM
Regional Committee Chair Manvel Kostandyan and Head of Student Union
Levon Yelchinyan. At the moment of arrest, young activists possessed
leaflets condemning the Protocols signed between Armenian and Turkish
Foreign Ministers. Activists were taken to police station, and all
their personal items, including passports, office keys and mobiles
were confiscated. They spent over 6 hours in police. Law enforcers
have thus violated articles 18, 21, 25, 27 and 53 of RA Constitution.