SOUTH-EAST EUROPEAN MEDIA ORGANIZATION CONDEMNS THE ARREST OF ERNEST VARDANYAN
Tert.am
19.04.10
South-East European Media Organization has strongly condemned the
"baseless arrest" of the Armenian national journalist Ernest Vardanyan
in Transdniestria – the breakaway region of Moldova – for his articles
in which he was critical of state officials and their ignorance of
the public interests.
Vardanyan was arrested near his home in Tiraspol on April 7 allegedly
by the Transdniestrian state secrete services. He is accused of high
treason and according to Article 271 of the Transdniestrian Criminal
Code he can face 12-20 years in prison.
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