Public figure begins 24-hour sit-in in front of presidential residence to draw attention to arrest of Artsakh resident Osipyan

ArmInfo. Public figure Gegham  Ohanyan has begun an indefinite, 24-hour sit-in in the area adjacent  to the Armenian presidential residence on Baghramyan Street in  defense of Artsakh resident Artur Osipyan, who was arrested after an  argument with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.

"The sit-in, under the slogan 'Freedom for Artur Osipyan,' which  begins today at 12:00, is being held in defense of freedom of speech  and expression and aims to draw attention to the case of Artur  Osipyan, who is on hunger strike, and to initiate a public discussion  on the protection of the right to freedom of expression,  constitutional values, and fundamental human rights," reads a  statement received by ArmInfo.

As a reminder, on May 18, during Pashinyan's election campaign in the  Arabkir administrative district of the capital, Artur Osipyan, head  of the Artsakh Revolutionary Party, approached him. He accused  Pashinyan of using corruption to help Arayik Harutyunyan get elected  president of Artsakh. Furthermore, he noted that it was Pashinyan who  dissolved the OSCE Minsk Group on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, and  now the Azerbaijani authorities are promoting the settlement agenda  in Armenia. Azerbaijanis. These words infuriated Pashinyan, who began  shouting, "Get out of here, you big guy," and "Let the Karabakh  pseudo-elites get out of here altogether." Osipyan was subsequently  detained that same day and then jailed for two months. Osipyan is on  a hunger strike for the second week now, demanding that his illegal  arrest be lifted.