Government v Vardan Oskanian - A Case of Political Persecution or a Crafty Political Ploy?

21:33, June 16, 2012

The Civilitas Foundation has been operating in Armenia since 2008 due to foreign financial assistance.

Surprisingly, Civilitas has only garnered the attention of the National Security Service (NSS)  after its founder, Vardan Oskanian, became a member of the Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) and was elected to the parliament as an MP, adopting the stance of a serious oppositionist.

This fact alone leads one to believe that recent criminal charges regarding the laundering of American funds by Civilitas are primarily politically motivated.

The NSS says that Vardan Oskanian had a hand in the money laundering at Civilitas, but has so far only called him as a witness to the fact. Thus, the NSS is violated the principle of "innocent until proven guilty, in an attempt to paint Oskanian's guilt as irrefutable from the start. This is not by accident.  Read more... (1245 words)

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