YEREVAN. – Armenian Civilitas Foundation made a statement concerning the criminal case filed in the Armenian National Security Service against the foundation.

“For already two weeks the attention and efforts of Civilitas Foundation and CivilNet news agency have deviated from their main mission. Instead of focusing on our mission of strengthening civil society and providing alternative and unbiased news for the public, we are busy answering groundless questions about ‘money laundering and tax evasion’ which resulted due to the criminal case filed against us.

It is evident that all this is being done for the purpose of diverting the attention of Civilitas and CivilNet from their main mission.

It is unacceptable that a benefactor like Jon Huntsman, who has been making great charity works in Armenia since its independence, is involved in all this. Do the Armenian authorities want to alienate all the people who want to contribute to the development of Armenia?

The large public support which Civilitas receives these days shows that we are going to fight together to continue our mission of defending human rights,” the statement of the foundation reads.