Statement

We receive December 10, International Human Rights day, with numerous human rights violations taken place during 2008.

This year the situation of human rights did not make any progress. There have been mass violations, moreover the warnings for human rights violations were deliberately out of attention. Tens of citizens were pursued for their political views. Ashot Manukyan, the head of Pan Armenian Movement-Lori regional council was sentenced to a 6-year imprisonment based on obviously false testimonies. 47 citizens of Lori region, who were representatives of the opposition, were illegally brought to police departments and their houses were illegally searched. The well known murders, the murders of Lori regional Prosecutor and of the 4 citizens in Spitak town are still unrevealed. Since 2000 about ten cases of murder have not been disclosed.
  With this statement we are expressing not only our concern about the extremely bad situation of human rights, but also deliberate inactions of authorities in restoring the violated human rights. This will lead to legally formed totalitarianism in the country.
  We cannot tolerate existence of such a situation and call all the citizens, public and political organizations not to lose their hope and become disappointed, but to be decisive in the fight for establishing a state system defending human dignity in Armenia.
  Totalitarianism won’t work.
  December 10, 2008
Vanadzor