Political Prisoners In Armenia Undeniable Fact, FIDH President State

POLITICAL PRISONERS IN ARMENIA UNDENIABLE FACT, FIDH PRESIDENT STATES

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April 7 2010
Armenia

Political prisoners in Armenia are an irrefutable fact, Ms. Souhayr
Belhassen, President of the International Federation of Human Rights
(FIDH), stated in Yerevan on April 7.

She pointed out that at her meeting with RA President Serzh Sargsyan
she urged the Armenian authorities to release all the political
prisoners, particularly the persons arrested after the events in
Yerevan on March 1, 2008.

In her interview with RFE/LR, Ms. Souhayr Belhassen pointed out that
she discussed the problem with the leader of the opposition Armenian
National Congress (ANC) Levon Ter-Petrosyan. She also visited the
political prisoners and met their families.