ZHIRAYR SEFILIAN DEPORTED TO LEBANON
Noyan Tapan
Dec 11 2006
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 11, NOYAN TAPAN. Commander of Shoushi special
battalion, Coordinator of the public initiative In Defence of
Liberated Territories, Zhirayr Sefilian, a citizen of Lebanon, was
deported to Beirut on December 11. NT correspondent was informed
about it by Garnik Margarian, Chairman of the Homeland and Honor
Party. Zh.Sefilian was arrested on December 10 in the presence of
his wife at one of small restaurants of Yerevan. According to the
information of Aram Karapetian, Chairman of the Nor Zhamanakner Party,
15 persons in masks armed with clubs burst into the restaurant, laid
Zh.Sefilian to the ground, put manacles on his wrists and took him
away. The meeting organized by opposition parties on December 11 was
dedicated to the latest events. In particular, the meeting participants
expressed anxiety with bringing forcibly 32 participants of Karabakh
war to police departments. Many of them expressed confidence that
Zh.Sefilian will be deported from Armenia and called for exerting
all efforts for not permitting his deportation.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
