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    Emil Lazarian
  • 4 years ago
    • Categories: 2021

Yerevan court extends former defense minister’s arrest for two months

Panorama, Armenia
Nov 29 2021

A court in Yerevan on Monday ruled to extend the arrest of Armenia’s former Defense Minister Davit Tonoyan for another two months, his lawyers said in a statement. The defense has not received a copy of the decision yet.

Tonoyan was arrested on 30 September as part of a criminal probe into the supplies of faulty ammunition to the Armenian military.

The legal team stated that Davit Tonoyan’s right to freedom continues to be violated due to the “incomplete knowledge” of the court and the law enforcement agency dealing with the case.

“We once again draw the attention of the country’s political leadership to the biased investigation against Davit Tonoyan, a striking evidence of which is subjective and unprofessional interpretations of the criminal case, based solely on assumptions,” reads the statement.

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