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Nikol Pashinyan ((アルメニア語:Նիկոլ Փաշինյան)) 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 liberal newspaper ''Haykakan Zhamanak'' (''The Armenian Times''), which has been highly critical of the governments of Robert Kocharyan and Serzh Sargsyan.〔(''Newspaper Editor’s Car Blown Up'' ), Armenia Liberty (RFE/RL), November 22, 2004.〕 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.〔(''Hayots Ashkarh'' December 18, 2007 )〕 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. On May 6, 2012, he was elected to the National Assembly of Armenia. == Hiding == Pashinyan went into hiding after the events of March 1st, 2008. Along with seven others, he is wanted by the Armenian Government for "committing premeditated actions intended to seizing of state power by force, of provocation and organization of mass disorders accompanied with murder in Yerevan."〔(''Press Release: Is completed the preliminary investigation on 7 accused'' ), Office of Public Prosecutor of the Republic of Armenia, September 8, 2008.〕 He has continued to regularly write for his paper, claiming to be traveling around the world with a fake foreign passport.〔(Fugitive Oppositionist Sees No Alternative To ‘Revolution’ ), Armenia Liberty (RFE/RL), October 16, 2008.〕 In an interview with RFE/RL on October 16, 2008, Pashinyan insisted that democratic "revolution" is the only way to effect change in Armenia and that President Sargsyan has done nothing to prove the opposite.〔 He maintains that the government investigators are covering up the perpetrators of the 8 deaths on March 1, who he claims are former president Robert Kocharian and former prime minister Serzh Sargsyan.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nikol Pashinyan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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