"This case should be exposed, so that no stain is left on my reputation." Journalist Hayk Gevorgyan

Haykakan Zhamanak daily’s journalist Hayk Gevorgyan is currently waiting for his questioning, but under the verified status, Gevorgyan himself stated during a press conference on Tuesday.

He will see to it that the case—with respect to his hitting a citizen with his car and leaving him helpless—be fully exposed. “I should leave a man helpless and go? Such thing is theoretically impossible. This case should be exposed, so that no stain is left on my reputation,” Gevorgyan said.

The journalist also informed that he does not place much hope on Armenia’s courts, and that he is prepared to file a petition even to the European Court.

Hayk Gevorgyan also spoke about several violations against him, and stressed that what transpired with him was conditioned on his journalistic activities.

“The ones that trumped up the charge must have a video record of the incident. If they had, they would have it shown on Public TV and other TV channels,” Gevorgyan said.

“Means of trumping up charges are always at hand. They hatched a plot, but it failed,” the journalist said.

Gevorgyan is determined to expose the “plot” against him. “In Armenia’s case, it is theoretically impossible to find out. The police and the judicial system are closely linked,” he said.

The journalist believes that Chief of Armenia’s police Vladimir Gasparyan is involved in the plot.

Gevorgyan noted that the mass media helped him be released on his own recognizance and called on them to be “consistent in informing the public of police abuse.” He also advises ordinary citizens to be careful.

After the incident Gevorgyan realized “a plot was being hatched against” him. That day, a car appeared near his building and followed his wife. Moreover, his children were asked about him.

To note, Gevorgyan was taken into custody on February 3 and transferred to prison. He is accused of hitting a citizen with his car. But Haykakan Zhamanak’s editorial staff stated that this was untrue. Gevorgyan was released from prison, on Monday, on signature bond.