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Jirair Sefilian ((アルメニア語:Ժիրայր Սեֆիլեան (classical), Ժիրայր Սեֆիլյան (reformed)); born 10 July 1967) is a Lebanese-born Armenian military commander and political activist. He is campaigning for regime change in Armenia and against any territorial concessions to Azerbaijan. Sefilian is the leader of Founding Parliament opposition group. ==Biography== Sefilian graduated from Kevork Chatalbashian College in Beirut in 1986. During the Lebanese Civil War, he took part in the defense of the Armenian Quarters of Beirut (mainly Bourj Hammoud) from 1983 to 1990. In 1990, with the purpose of participating in the Karabakh movement he was sent to Armenia by the ARF (Dashnaktsutyun), Sefilian moved to Armenia with his family. As a military instructor, he was involved in the formation of self-defense units in Karabakh and Syunik. In 1991, as a military detachment commander, Sefilian took part in the defense of several districts of Nagorno-Karabakh. In 1992 he was chosen by the A.R.F to be the commander of the ''Shushi'' special military company, playing a significant role during the Battle of Shusha. Following the Nagorno-Karabakh War, in 1997-1998 he was the NKR Defense Army Brigade Commander. Sefilian was awarded with the First Degree Order of the Combat Cross (“Martakan Khach”). He is an army lieutenant-colonel of the Republic of Armenia. Since 2001, Sefilian has been coordinating the activities of the public initiative group, "Liberated territories". Sefilian and Vartan Malkhasian, the leaders of opposition group called the Alliance of Armenian Volunteers, were arrested in 2006. Human rights observers charged the arrest was politically motivated and that authorities used the controversial article of the Criminal Code to intimidate the opposition.〔(Armenia: Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2007, Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, March 11, 2008 )〕 Ombudsman of Armenia Armen Harutyunyan also condemned Sefilian's and his friends' arrest and marked that Sefilian, Vartan Malkhasian, and Vahan Aroyan "didn't break the judicial legislation".〔(Armen Harutyunyan's interview, ''Azg'' Armenian daily, 2007 )〕 According to Bulgarian journalist, Colonel Svetana Paskaleva, "Jirair is one of the living icons I knew - Bekor, Monte, Samvel Babayan... I'm happy that I know him"!〔(Jirair is a real man, Azg daily, #040, 03/03/2007 )〕 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「Jirair Sefilian」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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