Coordinator of High Spirit Armenia Open Society Facebook page arrested: NSS

Coordinator of High Spirit Armenia Open Society Facebook page has been arrested, spokesperson for National Security Service Samson Galstyan told Aysor.am.

“The person has been charged under the 1st provision of part 2 of Article 226 of the Criminal Code. Arrest has been chosen as preventive measure,” Samson Galstyan said.

The 1st provision of part 2 of Article 226 sets exciting ethnic, racial or religious enmity publicly or by using mass media.

At the April 4 cabinet sitting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan assigned NSS chief Artur Vanetsyan to reveal and toughly combat the fakes without putting under doubt the right of freedom of speech.

“If some criminal circles are going to spend millions for manipulations it is the issue of national security. I hope we will manage to ensure concrete results in this issue,” Pashinyan said.

A day after the sitting Artur Vanetsyan stated about revealing author of High Spirit Armenia Open Society Facebook page, interrogating and charging him.