Diaspora Armenian Writer Joins Raffi Hovannisian’s Hunger Strike

DIASPORA ARMENIAN WRITER JOINS RAFFI HOVANNISIAN’S HUNGER STRIKE

March 15, 2013 | 15:14

YEREVAN. – Iranian-Armenian writer and publicist Violet Grigoryan-who
now lives in Armenia-on Friday joined the hunger strike by opposition
Heritage Party leader, former FM Raffi Hovannisian-who is declared
runner-up to the winner, incumbent President Serzh Sargsyan, as a
result of the presidential election that was conducted on February 18,
but who claims to be the real winner in the vote and who declared a
hunger strike on March 10 at capital city Yerevan’s Liberty Square-and
his supporters. Grigoryan had written about this intention of hers
in her Facebook account on Thursday.

“Tomorrow, I will go to a one-day hunger strike of support; I will
sit beside Raffi. Anyone joining?” Grigoryan had written.

In his turn, Heritage’s representative Davit Sanasaryan wrote as
follows in his Facebook account:

“Violet Grigoryan joined the hunger strike. At present, she is sitting
beside me [and] reading in Farsi the book [entitled] Conversations
with 11 Well-Known Women Writers.”