GEORGIAN AUTHORITIES GRANTED ASYLUM TO ACTIVIST OF ARMENIAN OPPOSITION, REPRESENTATIVE OF THE OPPOSITION SAYS
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2008-07-30 14:32:00
ArmInfo. Georgian authorities granted asylum to the activist of
the Armenian opposition Volodya Hovannesyan, representative of
the Pan-National Movement, former vice-speaker of the Armenian
parliament, Karapet Rubinyan, said at today’s press-conference in
National Press Club.
Going underground immediately after the 1 March events in Yerevan
Volodya Hovannesyan has recently "officially got political asylum in
Georgia, and now if the Armenian authorities demand his extradition,
Georgian authorities will refuse", Rubinyan said.
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