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  • Ombudsman Of Armenia: Assassination Attempt Against Paruyr Hayrikyan

    OMBUDSMAN OF ARMENIA: ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AGAINST PARUYR HAYRIKYAN IS A PROVOCATION AND CHALLENGE TO ARMENIAN STATEHOOD AND PUBLIC

    ARMINFO
    Friday, February 1, 14:00

    The assassination attempt against candidate for president Paruyr
    Hayrikyan is a provocation and challenge to Armenian statehood and
    public, says the statement by Armenian Ombudsman Karen Andreasyan.

    The human rights defender hopes the law-enforcers will properly inquire
    into the incident and expose who is behind the assassination attempt.

    The assassination attempt against Paruyr Hayrikyan, candidate
    for president of Armenia, Leader of the Union for National
    Self-Determination Party, was made in the Tpagrichnery Street in
    Yerevan overnight. Hayrikyan was hospitalized with a gunshot wound
    in shoulder.

    A criminal case was initiated on Article 34-305 of the Criminal Code of
    Armenia (assassination attempt against a statesman, political figure
    or public worker in order to stop his activity). Besides Hayrikyan,
    the presidential candidates are as follows: incumbent president Serzh
    Sargsyan from the Republican Party and former prime minister Hrant
    Bagratyan from the Liberty Party, Leader of Heritage Party Raffi
    Hovannisian, Advisor for Political Issues of the Refugees and the
    International Law Civil Society Network, ex-foreign minister of NKR
    Arman Melikyan, Leader of National Accord Party Aram Haroutiunyan,
    political expert Andrias Ghukasyan, and specialist in epic Vardan
    Sedrakyan. The elections will be held on Feb 18 2013.

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