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GENERAL PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE CONTINUES INVESTIGATION INTO MARCH 1-2 DISORDERS
/PanARMENIAN.Net/
20.11.2009 21:49 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Prosecutor General Aghvan Hovsepyan has received CoE
Committee of Ministers' Ago Monitoring Group representatives headed by
Ambassador Stelian Stoyan, permanent representative of Romania in
Council of Europe. Present at the meeting were RA Permanent
representative in Council of Europe, Ambassador Zohrab Mnatsakanyan
and CoE Secretary General's Special Representative in Armenia Silvia
Zage.
Parties touched upon the 10 death cases resulting from March 1-2
disorders in Yerevan, as well as disclosure of police violence cases.
Detailing on current activities, General Prosecutor said, "Inquest
will not be discontinued. We'll continue active investigative and
search operations to reveal all death circumstances."
With regard to cases of police violence, Prosecutor said that certain
police officers whose guilt was established by inquest have been
charged with abusing authority. "Any individual who resorted to
violence should be held accountable, and General Prosecutor's Office
should be consistent in its efforts to disclose all cases of violence,
whether committed by policemen or individuals involved in mass
disorders," General Prosecutor's Office press service quotes Aghvan
Hovsepyan as saying.
/PanARMENIAN.Net/
20.11.2009 21:49 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Prosecutor General Aghvan Hovsepyan has received CoE
Committee of Ministers' Ago Monitoring Group representatives headed by
Ambassador Stelian Stoyan, permanent representative of Romania in
Council of Europe. Present at the meeting were RA Permanent
representative in Council of Europe, Ambassador Zohrab Mnatsakanyan
and CoE Secretary General's Special Representative in Armenia Silvia
Zage.
Parties touched upon the 10 death cases resulting from March 1-2
disorders in Yerevan, as well as disclosure of police violence cases.
Detailing on current activities, General Prosecutor said, "Inquest
will not be discontinued. We'll continue active investigative and
search operations to reveal all death circumstances."
With regard to cases of police violence, Prosecutor said that certain
police officers whose guilt was established by inquest have been
charged with abusing authority. "Any individual who resorted to
violence should be held accountable, and General Prosecutor's Office
should be consistent in its efforts to disclose all cases of violence,
whether committed by policemen or individuals involved in mass
disorders," General Prosecutor's Office press service quotes Aghvan
Hovsepyan as saying.