HATSPANIAN TO BE EXILED

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HATSPANIAN TO BE EXILED

 

At the moment, participant of the Artsakh war, French Armenian Sarkis Hatspanian’s home is under blockade and it has stayed under blockaded since last night. Sargis Hatspanian visited his family members for the first time since he went underground after the events of March 1, however the police surrounded his home 10 minutes later. “I think the only reason for that is because I supported Levon Ter-Petrosian,” told “A1+ Sargis Hatspanian. Police surrounded the house and said that Sargis Hatspanian has an illegal status in Armenia and must be exiled.

 

A short while ago, as Hatspanian informed, NA deputies Armen Martirosian and Artsvik Minasian visited Hatspanian, who handed his ten-year residency and French passports to the police and Artsvik Minasian. The latter have gone to the police station to check the accuracy of the information. Police told Minasyan that the president had decreed the exile of Hatspanian on March 10, yet Hatspanian says that he is hearing that for the first time. Hatspanian has appealed to the Nagorno-Karabagh Foreign Minister, NA Deputy Chairman and asked for political asylum due to the fact that he has lived in Karabagh for four years.

 

“I am probably the only Armenian from the Diaspora who has responded to inaccuracies, falsified elections, pressures on citizens. I have held a hunger strike at Freedom Square after the presidential elections and have expressed my views from the podium at Freedom Square,” says Hatspanian. In the end, he said that he has never violated any law and always abides by the laws. “I have done a lot for my homeland and they probably take that for granted,” says Hatspanian.

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“THEY HOPE THAT TER-PETROSYAN WILL FREE THEM…”

[04:21 pm] 09 October, 2008

 

http://www.a1plus.am/file/img/b/3142.jpg The Armenian People’s Party condemns the persecution of French Armenian liberation fighter Sargis Hatspanian. “This goes to show that the police still abide by the commands of head of the investigative department Andranik Mirzoian aimed at the Marz prosecutors. They continue to follow-up on the opposition activists, organize secret hearings of their conversations, gather data from their friends and relatives,” told A1+ member of the APP political council Ruzan Khachatrian.

 

She said that proof of that was when the police surrounded Sargis Hatspanian’s house seven months ago when he just arrived to Yerevan. “That means that the authorities have followed-up on Hatspanian for the past seven months. After all this, how can they talk about the PACE resolutions and the Human Rights Commissioner? International organizations must be scared of the Armenian authorities.”

 

Ruzan Khachatrian is amazed to hear some people claim that some political prisoners have been released. “No political prisoner has been released to date because the courts have not released any one of them.”

 

Khachatrian knows for a fact that the authorities are not planning on doing anything and believes that they are doing that simply to get in the public eye. Khachatryan also believes that the people expect immediate steps from the opposition, just to get rid of this regime.

 

“The only hope of the people is for Levon Ter-Petrosyan and the national movement members to free them from these authorities.”