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    'REVOLUTION OF VALUES': SUPPORTERS TO STAGE PROTEST ON ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF SHANT HARUTYUNYAN'S IMPRISONMENT

    HUMAN RIGHTS | 05.11.14 | 13:46

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    Alina Nikoghosyan
    ArmeniaNow intern

    This day a year ago a 'Revolution of Values' was attempted in Armenia
    as radical opposition Tseghakron party leader Shant Harutyunyan, his
    friends and supporters and simply ordinary citizens rallied around
    the idea staging a protest in central Yerevan.

    After clashes between the protesters and riot police dozens of
    activists were detained, some of them were later arrested and tried.

    Last month a court in Yerevan convicted Harutyunyan and 11 of his
    supporters to jail terms.

    Harutyunyan was sentenced to six-year imprisonment, Avetis Avetisyan,
    Liparit Petrosyan, Vardan Vardanyan - to five years, Albert Margaryan
    - to six years, Alek Poghosyan and Mkrtich Hovhannisyan - to four
    years, Armen Hovhannisyan - to two years, Hayk Harutyunyan - four
    years and six months, Sevak Mnatsakanyan - one year and six months,
    Tigran Petrosyan - one year, Vahe Lazarian - seven years.

    It is noteworthy that Harutyunyan's underage son, Shahen Harutyunyan
    was among them; the court gave him a four-year suspended prison
    sentence. There were monetary fines as well. Many opposition groups
    and human rights activists in Armenia describe Harutyunyan and his
    supporters as political prisoners.

    There will be a rally of the Anonymous today and that way the
    rally participants say they want to express their discontent, Shant
    Harutyunyan's ex-wife said.

    "Our next step will be the Court of Appeal, there will also be a rally
    of the Anonymous today, and we will express our discontent that way.

    The event took place at a similar rally last year and that rally is
    the reason our guys are in prison today," she said.

    The guilty Avetis Avetisyan's mother added that they are also going
    to apply to the Court of Appeal.

    "Avetis has no defense attorney, he has to fill out an application
    and the state must provide one for him. I do not see this as a trial
    procedure, this is a show, there was nothing just, they had to imprison
    the guys, so they did," she added.

    Lawyers of the jailed activists are going to appeal the court's
    verdicts and sentences at a higher judicial instance.

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