NA deputy Tigran Abrahamyan wrote:
“The elections have passed, but the issue of political prisoners in the country remains on the agenda.
I do not know whether anyone has an exact count of those currently in prison or subject to various preventive measures, but it is clear that the number of people facing political persecution is not limited to a few dozen.
At this point, it is difficult even to list all the individuals we know without risking leaving someone out. Ashot Yerkat, Armen Ashotyan – the list goes on.
I am not even referring to those under house arrest or subject to political and movement restrictions, from Davit Hambardzumyan, Samvel Karapetyan, and Artur Sargsyan to Archbishops Bagrat and Mikayel.
Freedom to all political prisoners.”
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