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    Armenian opposition leader says "prominent" activists arrested

    Noyan Tapan news agency
    1 Jun 04

    Yerevan, 1 June: The secretary of the National Unity Party's
    territorial organization, Simon Amirkhanyan, and his colleague,
    Razmik Kchoyan, were arrested in the town of Gavar in Gegarkunik
    Region on 31 May, chairman of the party Artashes Gegamyan said.

    According to him, they are being blamed for telling people of
    Gavar District, in particular, in the villages of Karmir, Gandzak
    and Sarukhan and the town of Gavar about a meeting of MPs from the
    National Unity faction with their voters scheduled for 2 June.

    According to Gegamyan, [Armenian President] Robert Kocharyan is behind
    the arrests. He said that by this move Kocharyan wanted to show to the
    Orinats Yerkir [Law-Governed Country] Party and its leader that though
    the marzapet [head] of Gegarkunik was one of the prominent members of
    the Orinats Yerkir Party, however, this was of no significance to him.

    Gegamyan has not yet reported the arrests to Jerzy Jaskiernia [PACE's
    co-rapporteur on Armenia], because he believes that "we should resolve
    our domestic problems within the country and appeal to the Council
    of Europe only in case of obstacles".
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