Arman Veziryan: Who beat whom?
The charges brought against the human rights activist and monitor for the Helsinki Association, Arman Veziryan, aim to silence him, says Mikael Danileyan, Chairman of the Helsinki Association.
Charges against the human rights activist were filed at the threshold of the May 6 parliamentary elections when Veziryan was following the campaign of Arshak Banucharyan, a candidate of the opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK).
Veziryan claimed that a certain Tigran Manukyan had attempted to prevent HAK activists from disseminating booklets and hit him when he tried to interfere.
In the long run, both the human rights activist and Manukyan appeared at the dock. "So who beat whom?" wonders Veziryan.
He reiterated today that the charges filed against are trumped up. Moreover Lena Badalyan, who gave evidence against him, said in court that she did not know Veziryan.
