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ARMENIAN PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE DEMANDS OFFICIAL INVESTIGATION INTO POLICE ACTIONS AGAINST LAWYERS
Tert.am
19.08.11
The official website of the prosecutor's Office of Armenia has posted
the following information:
"On August 16, 2011, the mass media reported that the Board of the
Chamber of Advocates decided to apply to the Prosecutor General of
Armenia for initiating criminal proceedings on the fact of police
officers obstructing the activities of lawyers Vahe Hovsepyan and
Stepan Voskanyan. We inform the mass media that the RA Prosecutor
General's Office had not received such a complaint by August 17."
RA Prosecutor General Aghvan Hovsepyan applied to Chief of the RA
Police Alik Sargsyan for an official investigation.
"In its August 16 issue, the Haykakan Zhamanak daily published
an article entitled 'Criminal proceedings against policemen'. The
article discusses the legality of actions by the police officers at
the Central police department."
Specifically, on the basis of the information provided by the Chamber
of Advocates, the author of the article points out that the lawyers
Vahe Hovsepyan and Stepan Voskanyan were preventing from carrying
out their legal activities at the police station.
Since the facts mentioned in the article need to be investigated,
the article was sent for an official investigation. "I ask for the
results to be reported to the RA Prosecutor General's Office," says
the statement by the RA Prosecutor General.
From: Baghdasarian
Tert.am
19.08.11
The official website of the prosecutor's Office of Armenia has posted
the following information:
"On August 16, 2011, the mass media reported that the Board of the
Chamber of Advocates decided to apply to the Prosecutor General of
Armenia for initiating criminal proceedings on the fact of police
officers obstructing the activities of lawyers Vahe Hovsepyan and
Stepan Voskanyan. We inform the mass media that the RA Prosecutor
General's Office had not received such a complaint by August 17."
RA Prosecutor General Aghvan Hovsepyan applied to Chief of the RA
Police Alik Sargsyan for an official investigation.
"In its August 16 issue, the Haykakan Zhamanak daily published
an article entitled 'Criminal proceedings against policemen'. The
article discusses the legality of actions by the police officers at
the Central police department."
Specifically, on the basis of the information provided by the Chamber
of Advocates, the author of the article points out that the lawyers
Vahe Hovsepyan and Stepan Voskanyan were preventing from carrying
out their legal activities at the police station.
Since the facts mentioned in the article need to be investigated,
the article was sent for an official investigation. "I ask for the
results to be reported to the RA Prosecutor General's Office," says
the statement by the RA Prosecutor General.
From: Baghdasarian