khosq.com

This is a letter sent to
Aram Hamparian of ANCA and Brian Ardouny of AAA. If you remember, these
organizations, that claim to represent the American Armenians, endorsed
the violent crackdown of the demonstrators on March 1. Since then, they
have failed to condemn the Armenian government for keeping dozens of
political prisoners effectively endorsing this crime against the
Armenian citizens as well.

The press was in attendance as well as a few dozen relatives and friends.
Mr. Manukyan appeared heartened by having so many supporters in the
audience who were standing and cheering for him.

Unfortunately the prosecutor sought an adjournment in order to raise the charges pending against Mr. Manukyan.

He
was originally charged during the investigation phase with "organizing
public events in violation of the law" (punishable by up to 2 months of
imprisonment) and "violence against authorities, endangering their life
or health" (punishable by 5 to 10 years imprisonment) (a high felony).

Before
the trial the felony charge were downgraded to "simple violence against
authorities" (punishable by up to 5 years in jail). Even under this
charge there have been no witnesses or testimony against him, despite
bribes, threats and beatings.

Today, at the opening of his
trial, the prosecutor sought an adjournment to upgrade the charges back
to the more serious felony, punishable by 5 to 10 years imprisonment.
At the prosecutor's request the court adjourned the case for four
weeks. It will now be transferred to the court that handles the higher
felonies.
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Where is the Diaspora
as another group of Armenians are killed off? Mr. Manukyan gave his
whole life to his country: played by the rules, never stole a dime, sacrificed everything instead of bowing down to
corruption or apathy and is now facing death in prison.

Where are the Armenian voices for that?
AAA:
Email: info@aaainc.org
Web: www.aaainc.org

ANCA:
E-mail: anca@anca.org
Internet: www.anca.org