RELATIVES OF SLAIN SOLDIER JOIN RALLIERS OUTSIDE GOVERNMENT BUILDING

14:06 | February 9,2015 | Politics

Hundreds of citizens carrying posters “We are all Artak” and Armenian
tricolour (the national flag) have gathered outside the Government
building in Yerevan, demanding to punish the people who ordered the
kidnapping and beating of activist Artak Khachatryan on Saturday,
February 7.

Vardan Oskanian, a lawmaker representing the Prosperous Armenia Party
(BHK) says this is a war announced not against the political parties
but against the people.

“The real perpetrators must be revealed and punished at once,” he said.

A group of BHK lawmakers have joined the ralliers outside the
government building. Aram Manukyan and Lyudmila Sargsyan from the
Armenian National Congress (HAK) are also there.

Artak Khachatryan was attacked Saturday afternoon in Yerevan by
three masked men who forced him into a car and took him to an unknown
direction. He was later found near his home in an unconscious state.

The relatives of Haykaz Barseghyan who was found killed at the
Vazgen Sargsyan Military Institute, have grouped near the government
building. They say Haykaz Barseghyan is also joining the rally in
support of Artak Khachatryan.