ArmInfo. When asked whether there are political prisoners in Armenia, specialized structures should respond. The Minister of Justice of Armenia Artak Zeynalyan told journalists in the Parliament on June 1.
He noted that the term "prisoner of conscience" is used, but in Armenia there are no specialized structures that will be able to assess whether this person is a prisoner of conscience. "There are structures that are very authoritative: in order for a person to recover his violated rights, there is a special legal procedure that provides a number of important principles of legal security that are extremely important," the minister said.
Zeynalyan also stated that it is necessary to restore the constitutionality of public relations. When asked whether the constitutional rector of the YSU, Aram Simonyan, was constitutional, when students demanded the resignation of the latter, they did not allow him to leave the hall, as a result of which the rector was hospitalized, the Minister of Justice stated that the protest actions that were carried out and carried out, he regard as protection of rights.
"If there is no work, the self-defense of the rights becomes legitimate, and if the institution becomes apolitical, it should not be regarded as a political persecution." The university should not be party. "Neutralizing the university cannot lead to political persecution. I'm not saying that the university should be apolitical, no, it should be nonpartisan, "the minister stressed.
Zeynalian also stated that neutrality cannot be regarded as political persecution, but, on the other hand, the right to self-defense is legal when other measures were not taken