“Sefilyan was isolated in order not to hold action during Pope’s visit” (video)
Levon Barseghyan, Chairman of Council of Journalists’ “Asparez” club NGO, is sure that Commander of Shushi special battalion Jirayr Sefilyan was isolated in order not to hold any action during Pope’s visit. He thinks that this case is false and fake. “Some witnesses, who stammer, some testimonies, which fit neither the context of logic nor a fake case. The current authorities have proved for many times that they are a schemer, at any time when they consider it appropriate they start fabricating cases, isolating people,” said Levon Barseghyan during the meeting with journalists. According to the Chairman of Journalists’ “Asparez” club, the regime doesn’t give up its stance. The last proof of it is the abduction Shant Harutyunyan’s son Shahen Harutyunyan from Gyumri. Shahen wanted to show to Pope that there are political prisoners in Armenia. The police have given the last warning to Shahen, or else his suspended sentence will be replaced with detention. “It is the dream of the regime; it is obvious that Shahen isn’t naïve, it is obvious that he knows very well the foreign toolkit, it is impossible to accuse him of felony, but the authorities have done it and will continue to threaten him. But the authorities don’t take into account the genetics of Shahen, his grandfather, his father. It’s impossible to silence that boy,” added Levon Barseghyan.
