YEREVAN. – Helsinki Citizens' Assembly Vanadzor Office and Armenian Helsinki Committee made a statement in connection to the book The Day of Discharge by an Armenian writer Hovhannes Ishkhanyan, who was interrogated by the military police.

“The writer Ishkhanyan was interrogated for his book on Feb. 27 and later on Mar. 23 by the military police. The police consider that the book has distorted the reality by discrediting Armenia’s Armed Forces, insulting the religion and the Armenian mothers. At the same time, having found no accusations, police tries to instigate criminal proceedings on dissemination of pornographic materials and subjects. We demand that police put an end to the preparation of instigating proceedings and persecutions for Ishkhanyan,” the statement reads.