A little while ago, the mass media wrote that Alen Ghevondyan, a political scientist with opposition views, was arrested.
The news was confirmed by the Central Committee.
2 criminal proceedings have been initiated regarding public appeals aimed at usurping the power and overthrowing the constitutional order by force.
According to the reports about the apparent crime received from the RA Ministry of Internal Affairs of the RA Investigative Committee, T.V. and A.G., using information and communication technologies, made public appeals in their Facebook accounts aimed at seizing power and overthrowing the constitutional order by force.
Regarding the reports received, 2 criminal proceedings were initiated in the main department of investigation of crimes against the state, fundamentals of the constitutional order and public security of the RA Investigative Committee, within the framework of which a public criminal prosecution was initiated against T.V. and A.G., under the 2nd part of Article 422 of the Criminal Code (public calls aimed at usurping power and violently overthrowing the constitutional order using information or communication technologies).
Arrest was chosen as a preventive measure against T.V., a search was announced, and A.K. was arrested in order to present a preventive measure against him to the court.
The investigation of the criminal proceedings is ongoing.
It should be noted that T.V. is the RPA activist Tigran Vardanyan.
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