Arman Tatoyan elected as new Human Rights Defender

With a vote of 96 to 7 the National Assembly elected Deputy Justice Minister Arman Tatoyan as Human Rights Defender.

In compliance with the new constitutional changes, his candidacy was proposed by the National Assembly’s Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs.

According to the Constitution, the Human Rights Defender is elected by 3/5^th of the total number of MPs.

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Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS