Media expert Samvel Martirosyan's Facebook post.
"You don't know why, but many people in Armenia are not aware that there has been such an article in the RA Criminal Code for twenty years (approximately).
Article 136: Publicly denying, justifying, promoting genocide or crimes against humanity, or belittling their danger
1. Publicly denying, justifying, promoting or belittling the genocide or crimes against humanity, if this is done on the basis of race, skin color, national or ethnic origin or religion, hatred, discrimination or violence against a person or group of persons in order to induce
shall be punished by a fine in the amount of twenty to forty times, or by public works of one hundred and fifty to two hundred and fifty hours, or by restriction of freedom for a maximum period of three years, or by short-term imprisonment for a period of one to two months, or by imprisonment
for a maximum period of four years.
2. The act provided for in part 1 of this article, which was performed:
1) with publicly displayed works, mass media or using information or communication technologies or
2) using official or official powers or the influence caused by them:
shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of two to five years.
