Pursuits for political viewpoints are restarting

On March 12th, 2008, in the morning, police officers conducted search in the houses of Levon Ter-Petrosyan’s supporters Arsen Siradeghyan, Grigor Hakobyan, Arthur Shahnazaryan, Rubik Voskanyan, Sasun Seyranyan, Arshavir Ghukasyan, Vagharshak Andresyan, Vahagn Martirosyan and Karen Sargsyan.

On March 8, for the second time, 22 year-old Ruslan Avetyan, Sargis Avetyan’s son, who took part in the peaceful sit-in in “Azatutyun” square, was brought to police department of Gugark region. The policemen tried to take Ruslan Avetyan’s wife, mother and 2 children. This is because Suren Avetyan went into hiding, as he was a participant of the peaceful sit-in strike. Before this, his son was brought to police on March 8 and kept at the police station all day long.
  All those employees of state structures, who dared to support the candidacy of Levon Ter-Petrosyan during the elections, were dismissed from their job. Arshavir Ghukasyan, employee of Lori regional administration, was Levon Ter-Petrosyan’s proxy. After elections, he was made to submit an application for releasing him from his job. At present, he does not work at the administration any more. In the same way the employee of Lori regional administration, Armen Hovhannisyan, was dismissed, because he was also Levon Ter-Petrosyan’s proxy.
  List of the people brought to police after the events of March 1, 2008
  Vanadzor
  1. Nazaryan Levon – was brought twice, from the street and his house
  2. Sargsyan Karen-on March 3
  3. Hakobyan Grigor-on March 3
  4. Amirbekyan Kolya-on March 3, at 8:25-15:56
  5. Andreasyan Vagharshak-on March 3
  6. Arsen Siradeghyan
  7. Sasun Seyranyan-on March 7
  8. David Karhanyan
  9. Grisha Simonyan-on March 12 and he is still in the police station
  10. Ruslan Avetyan
  11. Vahagn Martirosyan
  12. Khosrov Zakaryan-he has been arrested since March 3 for two months
  13. Rubik Voskanyan
  14. Harutyun Peninyan
  15. Hrayr Peninyan
  16. Hosep Ter-Petrosyan
  Stepanavan
  17. Paravyan Hovik-on March 3 and was released on March 4
  18. Ayvazyan Anatoli
  19. Marikyan Sargis
  Alaverdi
  20. Papoyan Vazgen
  21. Papoyan Tigran
  22. Charoyan Tatevik
  23. Yeritsyan Suren
  24. Shakhkalyan Armen
  25. Noninyan Samvel
  26. Shahnazaryan Artashes
  27. Matinyan Abgar (the deputy head of police has been beating him for 30 minutes with a rubber truncheon and asked: “Hey, guy, was it you beating the policemen?”)
  28. Grisha Simonyan