Nikol Pashinian to Reappear in Public?
Although rumors have been circulating that Nikol Pashinian was in France and even in hiding at the U.S. Embassy in Yerevan — an allegation that Embassy officials deny and find quite ludicrous — the Armenaker Kamilion posts the English translation of the fifth and final part of an extensive essay by the fugitive opposition newspaper editor and activist. Pashinian gives grounds to consider that he is still in Armenia. Moreover, he also says that he will reappear in public soon.
There are many people in Armenia who, in spite of being in their houses at night, visit their workplaces and even appear on live television, yet, nevertheless, lead hidden lives throughout. But I am generally underground today for two trivial reasons. First, I could not, like many of my friends, hand myself in to the NSS, because that would have been akin to surrendering to a kind of slavery. They weren’t able to arrest me during those days, and now they cannot find me. And, truth be told, it gives me pleasure to know how nervous and agitated that makes them. And now about what I am preparing to do. When it becomes clear to all that the criminalocracy has not been able to accomplish the simple task of uncovering my whereabouts, I will have completed this stage of my work. A short while after the publication of this article [1], I am going to cut short my living underground, come out into the open, walk in the central district of my beloved Yerevan, smile at my beloved sisters and brothers, and I am going to continually struggle, struggle until the end.
Photo: © Onnik Krikorian / Oneworld Multimedia 2008
- Published:
- 05.11.08 / 4pm by Onnik
- Category:
- Armenia, Armenia Presidential Election 2008, Arrests, Blogs, National Security Service (NSS), News Briefs, Opinion, Police
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