Political reprisals have started at YSU
15:07, June 11, 2026
Author: Hayk Gevorgyan
Head of YSU Foreign Literature Chair Anush Sedrakyan said in a conversation with “Hraparak” that the acting dean of YSU European Languages and Communication Faculty was informed by the rectorate that the Chair of Foreign Literature of the mother university, which is one of the oldest and most important chairs of YSU and whose head, political scientist Anush Sedrakyan, participated in the elections on the list of the “Wings of Unity” party, is being dissolved.
Moreover, at the moment, the master’s program “Foreign Literature” is operating in the faculty, and there are a number of students who are studying in this program. Sedrakya is an opposition politician and criticizes Pashinyan and these authorities.
Anush Sedrakyan assured in a conversation with “Hraparak” that this decision is related to his opposition political views and harsh criticism of the authorities. “The dean was informed that the issue of disbanding our chair will be put to the upcoming scientific council, and they made it clear in various hints that this decision is related to my political views, because I am in the opposition, that’s the reason. The question arises: how will the university continue its activities without the Chair of Foreign Literature? Even I was not informed of this intention, but I was told that I was aware of it all. How should I have known, probably because I was being transferred through various circles to stop engaging in politics?
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