44-day Artsakh war participant holding sit-in in support of Armenia`s  only female political prisoner

ArmInfo.  Arman Petrosyan, a participant in the 44-day Artsakh war of 2020, is holding a sit-in protest outside the Armenian Prosecutor General's  Office in support of Lidia Mantashyan, the  only female political  prisoner in Armenia and a member of the "Sacred Struggle" movement,  and is facing charges  of terrorism and attempting to seize power by  force.

As Petrosyan noted in an interview with journalists, Mantashyan has  been behind bars since June of this year without a valid charge or a  court verdict. He stated that the sit-in will continue until  Mantashyan is released. "If today in Armenia we have to speak in  hushed tones about problems, then we can consider the country as  occupied by the enemy. But we will not remain silent and will keep  speaking the truth," the hero of the 44-day war emphasized.

He noted that with this action, he is trying to draw the attention of  the Armenian public to the ongoing right-wing abuses and to secure  Mantashyan's swift release. "I am holding this sit-in because society  remains silent today and is inactive. Moreover, women's rights  organizations and other human rights organizations are silent. I also  appeal to representatives of the arts and to members of the Armenian  parliament, especially women. Moreover, I would like to point out  that the Prosecutor General of Armenia is also a woman. They must  understand that any of them could end up in Lidia Mantashyan's  place," Petrosyan emphasized.