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MOTHERS OF "KILLED" ARMENIAN SOLDIERS STAGE PROTEST
Azg Daily
May 21 2010
Armenia
The mothers of several Armenian servicemen said to have been killed
in peacetime staged a silent protest near the government building in
Yerevan on 20 May.
The mothers, who held pictures of their sons, stage this traditional
protest every Thursday, the report said.
The mothers believe that their sons were killed, despite the fact
that most official investigation theories are that their sons died
as a result of accidents or shooting by the enemy (reference to
Azerbaijani troops). The parents have been waiting for years for an
answer as to why their sons were killed in the Armenian army during
peacetime, the report said.
Anahit Lazarian, mother of serviceman Arayik Avetisyan who died in a
military unit in Vayk town in 2001, told the paper her son was killed
as a result of an act of violence by a commander but no-one has been
punished for her son's death.
Anahit Kirakosyan, mother of Andranik Karapetyan who died in Martakert
town in Karabakh on 15 May 2008, believes her son was killed after
being beaten up, although the official theory is that he was killed
by an enemy bullet. Kirakosyan told the paper that traces of violence
could be seen in photographs of her son's body.
Gohar Sargsyan, mother of serviceman Tigran Ohanjanyan who was found
dead at the Karchaghbyur military unit in Gegharkunik Region on 30
August 2008, believes her son was smothered because the exhumation
of her son's body revealed traces of violence, despite the official
theory of the investigation that her son was killed by an electric
shock, the report said.
From: A. Papazian
Azg Daily
May 21 2010
Armenia
The mothers of several Armenian servicemen said to have been killed
in peacetime staged a silent protest near the government building in
Yerevan on 20 May.
The mothers, who held pictures of their sons, stage this traditional
protest every Thursday, the report said.
The mothers believe that their sons were killed, despite the fact
that most official investigation theories are that their sons died
as a result of accidents or shooting by the enemy (reference to
Azerbaijani troops). The parents have been waiting for years for an
answer as to why their sons were killed in the Armenian army during
peacetime, the report said.
Anahit Lazarian, mother of serviceman Arayik Avetisyan who died in a
military unit in Vayk town in 2001, told the paper her son was killed
as a result of an act of violence by a commander but no-one has been
punished for her son's death.
Anahit Kirakosyan, mother of Andranik Karapetyan who died in Martakert
town in Karabakh on 15 May 2008, believes her son was killed after
being beaten up, although the official theory is that he was killed
by an enemy bullet. Kirakosyan told the paper that traces of violence
could be seen in photographs of her son's body.
Gohar Sargsyan, mother of serviceman Tigran Ohanjanyan who was found
dead at the Karchaghbyur military unit in Gegharkunik Region on 30
August 2008, believes her son was smothered because the exhumation
of her son's body revealed traces of violence, despite the official
theory of the investigation that her son was killed by an electric
shock, the report said.
From: A. Papazian