Armenpress: Armenia “taking all possible measures” to assist Sevan Nisanyan who faces potential deportation from Greece

Armenia “taking all possible measures” to assist Sevan Nisanyan who faces potential deportation from Greece

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 10:12, 3 January, 2022

YEREVAN, JANUARY 3, ARMENPRESS. The Embassy of Armenia in Greece says it is aware of the process around Sevan Nisanyan, the prominent Istanbul-Armenian scholar and writer who is a citizen of Armenia, and is taking all possible measures to resolve the matter.

The writer was living under a temporary permit in Greece after fleeing a Turkish prison in 2017.

The 66-year-old is now facing deportation because his residency permit was not renewed and he was placed into custody in Samos, his wife said.

“Greece is about to make a decision to deport Armenian citizen Sevan Nishanyan to Turkey.” Nisanyan’s wife Ira Tzourou said on social media.

A Samos court on Jan. 3 is to decide whether he will be deported to Turkey or Armenia, she said.

Nisanyan had been jailed in Turkey in 2014 on charges of illegal construction, a case he claims was punishment for his outspoken views about restrictions on freedom of _expression_ in the country.