Today, the Head of the pre-election headquarters of the
Armenia alliance Mr. Armen Gevorgyan, applied to the Human Rights Defender and
informed that the Head of the Odzun community of Lori province was called to
the office of the Governer, and was presented with the illegal demand of his
resignation.
According to Mr. Armen Gevorgyan, the Head of the Odzun
community refused comply with the demand of the Governor of Lori, after which
he was beaten by 7-8 people in the building of the regional administration.
The Head of the pre-election headquarters of the Armenia
alliance noted that, according to him, the demand of resignation presented to
the Head of Odzun community was undeniably illegal, and was accompanied by the
threats of the Governor. According to A. Gevorgyan, the beating of the Head of
Odzun community Mr. Arsen Titanyan in the regional administration building is
directly connected with his support for the Armenia alliance bloc in the early
parliamentary elections.
Immediately after the complaint, the Office of the Human
Rights Defender responded rapidly and contacted the Head of the Odzun
community, who mentioned that he would report the crime to the Police.
The Office of the Human Rights Defender of Armenia took
note of the statement of the official representative of the Prosecutor's Office
of Armenia on this issue.
A letter from the Office Human Rights Defender will be
sent to the Prosecutor General's Office of Armenia tomorrow morning concerning
the mentioned complaint and the incident.
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