YEREVAN. – Many representatives of civil society, citizens, civil initiatives such as “Freedom to political prisoners”, “Daredevils of Sassoun”, and “Davit Sanasaryan”, etc., who raised a wave of public protests against mass illegal imprisonments and human rights violations in Armenia, on Tuesday addressed a letter to the  President of the European Commission Mr. Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Council Mr. Donald Tusk,  European Parliament President Mr. Martin Schulz.

“Many representatives of civil society, citizens, civil initiatives of Armenia raised a wave of public protests against mass illegal imprisonments and human rights violations in Armenia.

“On 8th August, 2016, we addressed a letter to the President and Secretary General of the EPP (European People’s Party) Mr. Joseph Daul.

“We are voicing our concerns about the unlawful detention of peaceful demonstrators who were arrested during the protests in Armenia on July 29, 2016. We are specifically concerned about the arrest, beatings and detention of the following individuals:

“Mr. Hovsep Khurshudyan, ‘Heritage Political Party, PR;

“Mr. Davit Sanasaryan, ‘Heritage’ Political Party, Spokesperson;

“Mr. Armen Martirosyan, ‘Heritage’ Political Party, Vice President.

“Mr. Andrias Ghukasyan, ‘Rise up, Armenia’, Founder, former 2013 Presidential Candidate of Armenia;

“Mr. Davit Hovhannisyan, ‘Rise up, Armenia’, Member.

“In our letter we also urged EPP to use all its leverages and apply all possible sanctions, including but not restricted to officially exclude criminal ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) from EPP’s membership, and demand RPA to immediately stop its orchestrated violations.

“We await your immediate actions. Armenians all over the world are waiting for your efforts,” the letter reads, in particular.