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Activist says Defense Ministry unable to control situation in army (video)
23:11 - 29.07.11
A rights activist has slammed the Defense Ministry, accusing it of
inaptitude to keep the situation in the army under control.
Speaking to journalists on Friday Arthur Sakunts, the head of the
Vanadzor Office of the Helsinki Associations, said that accounts of
intentional killings, humiliation and degrading treatment in the army
are covered up and the perpetrators are not revealed to be held
accountable.
`Our Defense Ministry is unable to take the situation under control,'
said Sakunts.
Anahit Lazarian, the mother of a killed conscript Araik Avetisyan,
also present at the press conference said that she has already lodged
a file at the European Court of Human Rights and will wait for the
results as long as necessary.
Lazarian said that her son was killed in the room of Never Stepanyan,
the head of staff of the battalion where Araik Avetisyan used to
serve.
According to her, the head of staff had arranged for him a leave of
absence in return for $100. But when Araik Lazarian had gone back
without the money, Stepanyan started yelling at him, then took out his
Makarov pistol and hit on his head twice.
A criminal case was lodged, Anahit Lazarian went on to say, and
Stepanyan was sentenced for four and half year in prison for
unintended murder. But after constant complaints by Lazarian the case
was reviewed and the forensic examination found out the traces of
beats by a blunt instrument on the skull of Araik Avetisyan.
Following two year of his conviction Stepanyan was released and is now
occupying the same position at the same military unit.
Tert.am
23:11 - 29.07.11
A rights activist has slammed the Defense Ministry, accusing it of
inaptitude to keep the situation in the army under control.
Speaking to journalists on Friday Arthur Sakunts, the head of the
Vanadzor Office of the Helsinki Associations, said that accounts of
intentional killings, humiliation and degrading treatment in the army
are covered up and the perpetrators are not revealed to be held
accountable.
`Our Defense Ministry is unable to take the situation under control,'
said Sakunts.
Anahit Lazarian, the mother of a killed conscript Araik Avetisyan,
also present at the press conference said that she has already lodged
a file at the European Court of Human Rights and will wait for the
results as long as necessary.
Lazarian said that her son was killed in the room of Never Stepanyan,
the head of staff of the battalion where Araik Avetisyan used to
serve.
According to her, the head of staff had arranged for him a leave of
absence in return for $100. But when Araik Lazarian had gone back
without the money, Stepanyan started yelling at him, then took out his
Makarov pistol and hit on his head twice.
A criminal case was lodged, Anahit Lazarian went on to say, and
Stepanyan was sentenced for four and half year in prison for
unintended murder. But after constant complaints by Lazarian the case
was reviewed and the forensic examination found out the traces of
beats by a blunt instrument on the skull of Araik Avetisyan.
Following two year of his conviction Stepanyan was released and is now
occupying the same position at the same military unit.
Tert.am