Two Armenian spies snatched in Georgia
The leaders of two Armenian nationalist groups have
been detained on suspicion of espionage in Georgia.
The two, seized by Georgia`s Interior Ministry counter-intelligence department, have also been charged with creating illegal armed units.
The two Armenians, Grigor Minasian and Sergey Akopian, are citizens of Georgia, a source from the ministry told local media.
Minasian is the director of an Armenian youth center in the largely Armenian-populated Akhalkalaki region of Georgia, while Akopian is the president of the Charles Aznavour charity. Searches have been conducted at the homes and offices of the Armenians and some items confiscated.
This is not the first arrest of representatives of Armenian organizations in Georgia. In June 2008, the head of the United Democratic Alliance, Gurgen Shirinian, was arrested after throwing a bomb at a police station in Akhalkalaki. Other representatives of the alliance were also arrested.
The Armenian public alleges that the frequent arrests are part of a put-up anti-Armenian campaign intended to sideline Armenian activists from public development. To prevent this from happening, members of Armenian organizations have sent complaints to the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Thomas Hammarberg, and to Amnesty International.
The two, seized by Georgia`s Interior Ministry counter-intelligence department, have also been charged with creating illegal armed units.
The two Armenians, Grigor Minasian and Sergey Akopian, are citizens of Georgia, a source from the ministry told local media.
Minasian is the director of an Armenian youth center in the largely Armenian-populated Akhalkalaki region of Georgia, while Akopian is the president of the Charles Aznavour charity. Searches have been conducted at the homes and offices of the Armenians and some items confiscated.
This is not the first arrest of representatives of Armenian organizations in Georgia. In June 2008, the head of the United Democratic Alliance, Gurgen Shirinian, was arrested after throwing a bomb at a police station in Akhalkalaki. Other representatives of the alliance were also arrested.
The Armenian public alleges that the frequent arrests are part of a put-up anti-Armenian campaign intended to sideline Armenian activists from public development. To prevent this from happening, members of Armenian organizations have sent complaints to the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Thomas Hammarberg, and to Amnesty International.
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