Arman Tatoyan, head of the “Wings of Unity” political initiative, writes: “Two 18-year-old schoolchildren are demanding respect from those who did not show respect for dozens of believers in the church at the most precious moment for them. The self-proclaimed believer broke through the ranks of people in the middle of the liturgy, pushing people, with his bodyguard and escort, forgetting that a humble believer does not behave like that in the church.

The third, a person unknown to them, did not show “respect” in another place, in another time to the means of transport by which the government transports its teammates.

Different people with different episodes are now accused in criminal proceedings.
The charges carry a prison sentence. Now the issue of a restraining order for one of them is being examined. requested arrest.
This is exactly how law is turned into a tool, both through open pressure and legal techniques.

Several episodes are taken, every effort is made to combine them into one case, an article providing for severe punishment [imprisonment] is applied, and the impulse is transmitted to all the others.

I have been professionally engaged in the protection of human rights for many years. I know the difference between criminal prosecution and criminal intimidation. This is specific criminal intimidation.
The state, which applies the law in this way at the instigation of the government, confirms one thing. is afraid.

He is afraid of the young people in the church. He is afraid of the questions addressed to him. He is afraid of those citizens who do not show formal respect.

We need a different logic.
not a government that is protected by law, but a law that protects the citizen. Including from the government itself.”

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