Peace Dialogue’s Statements

On the morning of April 7, 2015 news spread about searches carried out in the central and regional offices of the Founding Parliament Civil Initiative and about the arrest of its leaders. This news is the logical continuation of the policy of pressure that the authorities started against rebellious opposition forces lately.

The RA Administrative Court has decided to proceed with the lawsuit filed by Peace Dialogue NGO over the requirement that the Ministry of Defense provide the requested information on the fatalities of persons serving in the military.

“In fact, this is an ideology that mobilizes and prepares society to organize itself to withstand war situations- real or fake- or possible cases of violence. In a larger sense, within it lies the desire of the authorities or society to have a country with strong military abilities, ready to use them aggressively for the sake of national interest.

Russian ambassador to Armenia, who was declared persona non grata in Georgia in 2007 for being engaged in subversive activities against Georgia and was exiled from the country, recently in an interview to Noah’s Arch Agency announced: “I am sure that Russia should declare its presence in the information sphere of Armenia more actively.

On January 28, the day of the anniversary of the Armenian army, a group of parents of the deceased soldiers and the activists of the Army in Reality civil initiative organized a peaceful action in the Freedom Square and once again faced the illegal actions of the police. With brute force the police initially prevented the protesters from entering the Freedom Square and then arrested some citizens who supported the protest: Vardges Gaspari, Ara Nedolyan and an employee of Peace Dialogue NGO Artashes Sergoyan. No legal explanation was given about the police actions to those who were brought to the police department.