EDITOR OF OPPOSITION PAPER ARRESTED IN YEREVAN
Vestnik Kavkaza
Feb 3 2012
Russia
Ayk Gevorkyan, 45, editor of Aykakan Zhamanak, an opposition
newspaper, has been arrested in Yerevan this morning, suspected in
a car accident, as stated by Ashot Agaronyan, head of the PR section
of Armenian police, News Armenia reports.
Gevorkyan is charged for violating the traffic rules and exploitation
of vehicle and leaving a car accident.
Media say he was taken to the Nubareshensky Prison. Online sources say
he has been on the wanted list since January 23. The police promised
to give additional information later.
It is not the first case of persecutions against staff of Aykakan
Zhamanak. Nikol Pashinyan, Editor-in-Chief of the paper, was trialed
for disorders in 2008 and pardoned in 2011.
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