Mother See  demands  Armenian authorities to  stop  persecution of  Archbishop Arshak and other AAC clergy

ArmInfo.  The Armenian Apostolic Church (AAC) has demanded an immediate end  to the unlawful persecution of Archbishop Arshak Khachatryan, head of the chancery of  Mother See of Etchmiadzin, and other detained clergy. According to  the press office of the Mother See of Etchmiadzin, the AAC condemned  the detention of the head of the chancery of the Mother See of  Etchmiadzin, Archbishop Arshak Khachatryan, on December 4 on  fabricated and baseless charges, as well as his subsequent arrest,  expressing its conviction that it is part of the recent wave of  repression against the Church and a continuation of the political  persecution against the clergy.

"The detention of high-ranking clergy on trumped-up charges is yet  another manifestation of the authorities' anti-Church policy and hate  speech directed against the clergy. Mother See of Etchmiadzin demands  an immediate end to the unlawful persecution of Archbishop Arshak  Khachatryan and the other imprisoned clergy, and the restoration of  their violated rights," the AAC concluded.