The latest political prisoner on the list of what is now 60 people convicted by the Armenian banditocracy headed by Serj Sargsian and his band of thugs is Garen Hayrapetian from the town of Hartavan located in the Aragatzotn county. The crime of this 18 year old soldier is his refusal to provide false testimony as a witness to the trial of another political prisoner.This hero will now serve a 1 year sentence.
UPDATE: It turns out that Garen Hayrapetyan's father, Parouyr Hayrapetian, is a Karabakh war veteran. He was wounded in the war and has second degree disability. A few days before Garen was sentenced, the cops visited his family and threatened to imprison Garen's older brother as well if he continued to refuse to falsely testify against the political prisoners. When Parouyr Hayrapetian protested that he has fought for the country and such threats are immoral, the cop's response was short:
- Who told you to go and fight?
let sargs margs try to pull that shit with me when i am there, then i'll show them what the real meaning is of "ASSASSINATION"
ReplyDeletethis political prioner bullshit has become a "buisness" now, they making money from it. otherwise why would anyone bother with the jailing of those who have no money & power
That response reminds me of what one of the policemen said to one of the young female protesters (sometime during the summer, i think), when she told him she had been beaten - his response was - "they didn't be you (well) enough."
ReplyDeleteThese types of illogical responses are the recourse of those who are caught up in an entire system that has no rationality. I suppose when you work for a government that fires on its own people, making statements like this IS, in fact, internally consistent, and par for the course.
I wonder if the strugs of that system even question anymore the ridiculousness of such statements.
Looks like it's time to play "Let's Make a Deal"....
ReplyDeletehttp://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/24/europe/EU-Armenia-Election-Violence.php
this guy is not a "hero" but an honest man, he refused to LIE for the government
ReplyDeleteA hero takes the path of his conscience even when it is the harder one--Garen Hayrapetyan is a reluctant hero, but definitely a hero.
ReplyDeleteAni, re: lets make a deal, none of the 16 pardoned is a political prisoner or an oppositionist. They are rather the thugs and hooligans the gov't planted among the demonstrators. This will be clear to everyone when the opposition has a chance to respond publicly. The papers don't come out till tuesday, however, as SS was well aware when he announced the pardon late on saturday.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the clarification. Unfortunately, both the Herald Tribune and Reuters picked up the story as being oppositionists released, so I hope the PACE group gets a true picture of just who has actually been released before tomorrow's session.
ReplyDeleteAnother clarification- two of the 16 were indeed political prisoners. The rest were coalition guys and assorted thugs. We hear 10 more are to be pardoned today.
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