On his Facebook page, Karen Andreasyan, Armenia’s Human Rights Defender until resigning on January 12, says that the reason why he stepped down is too complex to sum up in a few words.

In a nutshell, however, Andreasyan, who served at the post for five years, says that if he continued as human rights defender, “this important institution would no longer be as effective as it had become after long years of difficult work.”

Andreasyan, in his Faceboook post, doesn’t clarify why he believes this to be the case.

In conclusion, Andreasyan asks the forgiveness of those whose expectations he failed to achieve during his tenure as Armenia’s human rights defender.