The Nikolayist regime continues to use house arrest as a tool for tying the hands of political opponents and silencing critics, wrote military expert Karen Vrtanesyan.
According to him, the public needs to be constantly reminded that house arrest is still an arrest, and that people placed under house arrest for political reasons are political prisoners.
“In recent years, house arrest has become a so-called ‘smart’ (‘intelligent,’ targeted, secret) tool of repression, with which the Nikolayist regime is able to effectively silence political figures and activists for a period of time.
Let me remind you that political scientist, teacher, and politician Khachik Galstyan was arrested on December 30. On February 26, he was transferred from prison to house arrest.
And he remains a political prisoner. “Freedom for Khachik and all political prisoners,” he wrote.