The authorities
continue pursuing the representatives of the authority.The
PACE called to the RA authorities in its adopted resolution on 27 of April 2004
about Armenia on the occasion of events on 12-13 of April; a/ to allow peaceful
meetings and avoid any future actions which will bring by law or practice the
unjustified limitation of the right of free meeting proved by the European convention.B/
To provide the freedom of moving in the borders of Armenia."The demands
of PACE this resolution are still valid since Armenia keeps staying in the focus
of attention of monitoring realized by the PACE for honoring commitments towards
the CE. The point of the RA commitments which isn’t limited holding the constitutional
referendum correspondent to the democratic standards, PACE still will be heard
in winter session. And the anxieties expressed in the resolution aren’t still
expired because different oppositionist parties were alarming about pursuits towards
their representatives, facts of limitation of people’s free movement.We was
informed especially from the "Republic" party that the member of city
soviet of the party Rafik Mkrtchian who was an observer was attacked by two persons
on 28 of November at 24:00 near his house. Those two policemen said to him that
he was suspected in crashing a man with his car. They can’t be satisfied taking
only the car and they have an order to take him to the Police station. They tried
to take but after some elucidations they left. R. Mkrtchian was warned yesterday
morning that policemen surrounded his building. "On 29 of November at 9:00
o’clock in the morning 8 persons were brought to the police station of Ashtarak
for having a conversation. Three of them were set free and five, who were observers
during the referendum, are imprisoned. Four of them are members from "Republic"
party. Yesterday morning policemen brought to the Police station the driver
one of the cars parked in front of the party’s office. He was set free because
his documents were "in order" but the car was kept. The policemen declared
that they would take every car in front of the office. The same party was informed
yesterday that Vanadzor-Yerevan, Shamshadin-Yerevan road was closed. "National
Unity" was informed that the authority was pursuing the chairmen, deputy
chairmen of their regional structures. They are brought to police stations, community
prosecutories, even to the NSS as it happened in case of Nazik Hakobian where
they were kept about 10 hours. And all of them are brought without any sanction.
"At any case, the policemen apologized to the brought people explaining them
that they are also in bad conditions but what to do,"- the "NU"
saidNaira Mamikonian
