May 23, 2026 Author: Heghine Asiryan There have always been political prisoners in Armenia, more precisely, people who would not have been charged, would not have been given such severe punishments, and most importantly, would not have been detained without trial if they had not gone against the current authorities. But Nikol Pashinyan, who considers himself a former political prisoner, brought the "culture" of persecution for political views to another "perfection". The disrespect and callousness with which political activity is criminalized today, people are persecuted for expressing an opinion, even for the slightest criticism of that person, is simply astonishing. What is happening especially after the 20th year has no comparison with the political persecutions that happened in the previous 30 years. I also have personal "experience" with this. That's why people look for parallels with the number 37. And at this stage, as they say, the veil has completely fallen from his face. He arrests the Artsakh citizen who asked him a question, and with such absurd justifications. Let the theater of the absurd begin. He detained hundreds of people from the headquarters of his rivals so that they could not prepare for the elections. He has forbidden his main competitor to leave the house, to communicate with people, because a year ago, on his personal instructions, a persecution began for a sentence that no person with knowledge of Armenian would consider a crime, except for a few mean investigators-judges, who will also arrest his parents by his order... The other competitor, Andranik Tevanyan, was detained 2 weeks before the election. "Who is next, who are you going to detain to ensure you reproduce like butter?" And finally, every time you open your mouth, insults, insults, and threats are directed at the opposition candidates. The penitentiary is your real place, you need to keep it behind the salt so that you don't sacrifice us all to the Turk." We will win one.