"We need to fight for Tavush in Yerevan": Political scientist  forecasts political repressions in Armenia

ArmInfo. 'Narek is the first sign; apparently, new arrests of oppositionists await us'. This forecast 

was made by political scientist, founder of the Voskanapat analytical center Hrant Melik-Shahnazaryan, touching on today's "democratic" detention of opposition public figure, head of the "Civic Consciousness" organization Narek Samsonyan.

This afternoon, footage of opposition activist Narek Samsonyan being 

detained by law enforcement officers spread across social networks.  

The Investigative Committee of Armenia described this arrest as "just 

the arrest of a person suspected of committing hooliganism".

"In our country, as a rule, such scenes are followed by other scenes:  

funerals of the dead, devastated villages and compatriots left 

homeless. Nikol began his last fight. He will do everything to win 

this fight. The targets will be people who are worried about their 

homeland and who are fighting. Narek Samsonyan is the first sign of 

this spring. In all likelihood, there will be more arrests in the 

coming days. And that is why I say: we need to fight for Tavush in 

Yerevan. This is a political problem that must receive a political 

solution. Fundamental and final decision," the political scientist 

wrote on his Facebook page.