Serouj Aprahamian
Civic activist Artak Khachatryan was kidnapped
by three masked men in front of a shopping center in Yerevan, on Sat.,
Feb. 7. Hours later, he was found unconscious on the side of a street
near his home.
Khachatryan has played a leading role in protests against the government’s controversial Turnover Tax Law
affecting small- and medium-sized businesses. He is also a prominent
member of the Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP), the second largest
political party in Armenia’s parliament, headed by well-known oligarch
Gagik Tsarukyan.
