Nikol Pashinyan

Editor, Person

1975 –

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Who is Nikol Pashinyan?

Nikol Pashinyan is an Armenian politician, journalist, publicist. He was a leading member of the Armenian National Congress, an opposition movement led by former President of Armenia, Levon Ter-Petrosyan. He was the editor of Armenia's best-selling daily newspaper critical of the government, Haykakan Zhamanak. As the head editor of the daily since 1999, Pashinyan has been an important contributor to the discourse of the various movements that have opposed the governments of former President Robert Kocharyan and current President Serzh Sargsyan, whose presidency Pashinyan and the opposition reject as illegitimate. In 2000, while he was the head editor of Haykakan Zhamanak he was convicted on charges of defamation and libel against different people.

Pashinyan went into hiding shortly after the deadly unrest in Armenia following the 2008 presidential elections for which; he was wanted by the Armenian police on allegations of murder and mass disorder. In June 2009, he came out of hiding and turned himself to the police. He was released after an amnesty was granted to many political prisoners in May 2011, nearly two years after he was jailed.

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Born
Jun 1, 1975
Ijevan
Also known as
  • Никол Пашинян
Ethnicity
  • Armenians
Nationality
  • Armenia
Profession

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on July 23, 2013

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