Absurd thesis that human rights can be trampled to defend  `democracy`actively spreading in Armenia - human rights activist

ArmInfo.  Human rights activist Ruben Melikyan warns that in the past two days, the absurd thesis that human rights can be trampled in the name of defending  "democracy" has been actively spreading in Armenia.

"First, let's analyze this thesis from a logical perspective.  Fundamental human rights are an integral part of the phenomenon of  'democracy.' Therefore, the thesis 'human rights can be trampled in  the name of defending democracy' can easily be reformulated as  'democracy can be trampled in the name of defending democracy.' And  this is absurd," Melikyan wrote in his Facebook post.

He then proposed analyzing this thesis from a moral perspective.  According to the human rights activist, all tyrannical regimes  justified their crimes with some "higher values," regardless of what  that value was: the Reich in the case of fascism, class interests in  the case of Bolshevism, or "democracy."

"The point is to create the image of an enemy who supposedly  encroaches on the 'higher value' and therefore must be destroyed at  any cost. The emphasis is on 'at any cost.' The formula of values is:  'the end justifies the means.' And this is a universal justification  for all kinds of distortions of public morality, that is, the  antithesis of morality," Melikyan stated.

According to him, if we analyze this thesis from a legal perspective,  we can confidently say that on the day the law enforcement system in  Armenia emerges from its status as a dependent state, those actively  spreading this thesis can be accused, for example, of calling for the  overthrow of the constitutional order, since what they are saying  effectively amounts to suspending Article 1 of the Constitution,  which states that "the Republic of Armenia[:] is a legitimate state,"  creating a false dichotomy with the other position enshrined in the  same article, "the Republic of Armenia[:] is a democratic[:] state."

"We will be vigilant and identify those actively spreading this  fascist thesis. I'll give you a few hints:  'Putin,' 'autonomy,'  'Kremlin,' 'Russian slave,'" the human rights activist concluded.