A journalist of Armenian Ernest Vardanyan imprisoned in Transdniester for over a month now has made a complaint about the physical and psychological pressured addressed to him. Yesterday he made a statement, which reads, "In the name of all saints, please, save my wife and my children. They make me confess that I have spied and betrayed the homeland in favor of Moldova. They beat me periodically and threat that they would apply to more ‘inventive’ tortures, which leave no traces. They threaten to settle a physical score with my wife and my children," the journalist said in a statement circulated through security guards. I am not a spy and I have betrayed no one. I simply said the truth to improve the life of ordinary people. During the examination they ascribed the charges of betrayal and espionage to me. "You are to blame yourself. We had warned you not to give further details and now it is too late to return," they said. Vardanyan asks "not to believe in falsely staged interrogation videos and trumped-up charges. They can ascribe charged to everyone here. I am forced to give evidence against people criticizing the authorities. Please, help me to find a good advocate and believe my innocence even if I publicly plead guilty in videos and legal proceeding. For the sake of his family’s security, I am ready to "plead guilty and be imprisoned as much as the special bodies and authorities need." According to the Radio Liberty Vardanyan has passed verbally his statement to one of the security guards. And the latter has passed on this information to Live Journal website. A decent of Gyumri Ernest Vardanyan, 29 has been imprisoned since April 7. The government of Transdniester blames him of espionage and treason to the fatherland. The arrest of Vardanyan has been condemned by various international human rights organizations. The latter demanded the government of Transdniester to release Ernest Vardanyan.
