Instigators of Yerevan disorders misinform international community

PanARMENIAN.Net - None of the suspects in organization of Yerevan disorders in early March was charged over political beliefs. They are all accused of committing criminal offences, head of the investigation group Vahagn Harutyunyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.



"Criminal cases were initiated in compliance with the following articles of the RA Penal Code: article 300 (overthrow of the authorities), article 225 (organization of disorders that claimed human lives), article 235 (illegal keeping of weapon)," he said. "78 people are kept in custody. In all, 113 were charged. We work not to arrest but to disclose crimes. It specifically refers to the instigators of the riots, who likewise the authorities are responsible for the tragic events. Now, politicizing the events, they attempt to avoid responsibility and to misinform the international community. This is inadmissible for us."



He refuted Levon Ter-Petrosyan's statement on 150 political prisoners in Armenia. "The opposition aims to dishonor our country. Such statements have nothing to do with the truth," he said.