Narek Malyan detained at "Veto" office in Yerevan

Narek Malyan, the head of the "Veto" Socio-Political Movement, has been detained in Yerevan. His supporters are sure that the detention is politically motivated.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that the "Veto" Movement pursues an oppositional policy; in particular, it protests against the activities of the "Open Society Institute-Assistance Fund" (known as "Soros Foundation") in Armenia. According to the movement's supporters, the "Soros Foundation" has been operating in Armenia for a long time, but only under the current authorities it has such an impact on politics.

Narek Malyan was "detained by masked people," Migran Akopyan, a political analyst, has noted in his Facebook page. He has posted a video, in which the masked agents in uniform are twisting Malyan's arms and putting him into a car.

According to Akopyan's story, Malyan was detained in front of the "Veto" office in Parpetsi Street. "Malyan has never refused to come to the police station; and this was a mask show, with the use of violence, when Malyan was laid on asphalt and handcuffed like a dangerous criminal," Migran Akopyan has noted. He believes that Malyan's detention is purely political in nature.

In its turn, the police have spread a statement that "Narek Malyan was detained by law enforcers on suspicion of illegal acquisition or possession of weapons."

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on January 28, 2020 at 03:45 pm MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.