Confrontation between parliament security chief and journalist: Both invited to SIS (video)
Chief of the Armenian parliament security Karen Hayrapetyan and A1+ journalist Marine Khachatryan have been summoned to the Special Investigation Service in connection with the September 9 incident near the National Assembly. The confrontation lasted three hours. On September 9, after members of the Hakaharvats (Counterblow) street art group hung a banner reading “Hello Rob” (Rob referring to Armenia’s second President Robert Kocharyan) on the National Assembly’s main gate, the chief of the NA security Karen Hayrapetyan came out and tore down the banner. Then he hit A1+’s journalist Marine Khachatryan, who was covering the incident, on the arm, causing her to drop her recording device – iPad – to the ground. A criminal case has been initiated under Article 1 of the Criminal Code (hindrance to the legal professional activities of a journalist). On October 30, Marine Khachatryan is called to question already for a third time.
