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    Emil Lazarian
  • 4 years ago
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Members of National Democratic Pole detained in Armenia

PanArmenian
Armenia –
– 16:19 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – Member of the board of the National Democratic Pole Varuzhan Avetisyan has been detained in Armenia, the party said in a statement Saturday, May 28.

“Other prominent members of the Sasna Tsrer rebel group have also been detained, the party said in a small statement.

The group known as Sasna Tsrer (named after the Armenian epic “Daredevils of Sassoun”) stormed a police patrol department in summer of 2016 and took everyone inside hostage. In 2021, one of the members of the group, Armen Bilyan, was found guilty and sentenced to 25 years in prison. The court also handed jail terms to the other members of the group.

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