International Federation of Human Rights: Political prisoners in Armenia undeniable fact

Political prisoners in Armenia are an irrefutable fact, Souhayr Belhassen, President of the International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH), stated in Yerevan on April 7.

She pointed out that at her meeting with Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan she urged the Armenian authorities to release all the political prisoners, particularly the persons arrested after the events in Yerevan on March 1, 2008.

In her interview with RFE/LR, Souhayr Belhassen pointed out that she discussed the problem with the leader of the opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) Levon Ter-Petrosyan. She also visited the political prisoners and met their families.


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