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THE PROSECUTOR PLANTING TREES ERADICATES FREE SPEECH

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Today the staff of “Zhamanak Yerevan” newspaper held a rally of complaint opposite the RA Prosecuracy at 2 p.m. with suchlike posters in protection to Arman Babajanyan, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper who was arrested yesterday.

They demanded to release Arman Babajanyan and considered his arrest illegal for a number of reasons.

Manouk Soukiasyan, executive director of the newspaper noted that neither they nor Arman Babajanyan’s relatives granted him an advocate.

Rouben Sahakyan, president of the Advocates’ chamber informed the strikers that nobody has turned them with such a request.

He also informed that they have already applied to many international organizations and will apply to the European Embassies within the day. They also got a message from Georgian legal and media organizations in which they express their readiness to render their assistance without going into details and they will follow the future events attentively.

The strikers claim that they will go to the Prosecuracy every day and continue their rally by the time Arman Babajanyan is set free.

As for the newspaper “it was published today, we are going to publish it tomorrow as well and we are not inclined to stop our work,” assured the strikers. By the way they wanted to meet Aghvan Hovsepyan, RA Attorney General but they didn’t get a reply to their request today.