ANM: European liberals demand release of political prisoners in Armenia May 25, 2011 - 13:44 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Chairman of the Armenian National Movement (ANM) board Aram Manukyan said that the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (ELDR) adopted an urgent resolution on Armenia on May 20. According to Manukyan, the resolution demands that Armenian authorities immediately release political prisoners, as well as instructs all members making a part of ELDR to gain their authorities’ ban on EU entry for those Armenian officials, who “participated in abuse of justice system due to political reasons.” Manukyan noted that the release of political prisoners does not mean termination of the amnesty process. The parties, which make a part of ELDR, should submit a report on the works carried out to this end during a meeting due in October-November in Milan. Besides, high-ranking officials of various European structures plan to hold meetings and consultations with ANM on the matter. Manukyan stressed that a similar resolution is adopted for the first time, what is explained by the people’s pressure in Armenia. According to him, ELDR consists of 57 parties from around 40 countries, while ELDR parliamentary group has 84 seats in the European Parliament and is the third largest group. Top stories President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. Partner news | Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri. Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. Prosecutors to appeal Armenia ex-President’s acquittal Sargsyan was acquitted on Friday, May 31 more than four years after going on trial on corruption charges. |