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Four Years after Gulyan's Death
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Published: 13:49:43 - 11/05/2011
On May 12 it will be four years since Levon Gulyan's death. Today
Arman Danielyan, head of the Civil Society Institute, and Hrayr
Ghukasyan, the representative of the legal successor of the victim,
held a press conference.
On May 9, 2007 a man was killed in the cafe run by Levon Gulyan. The
next day he was summoned to the policy for an interrogation. He
was illegally detained in the police till May 12 and underwent
torture. On May 12, he was taken to the Police headquarters, and
several hours later he died, reportedly jumping from the window in
an effort to escape.
Ghukasyan says the Court of First Instance, the Court of Appeal and
the Court of Cassation decided to continue the investigation of the
case, while the police dismissed the case for all the three times.
On August 27, 2010 the Court of Cassation accepted the claim of
the injured party, and the Special Investigation Service has been
instructed to resume the investigation. The investigation started
only 4 months after the court decision and was dismissed on March 21,
2011 due to lack of corpus delicti.
Hrayr Ghukasyan says the latest effort to dismiss the case is even
more cynical than the previous attempts. He thinks this decision
is lack of respect for the memory of Gulyan, his family and the
judicial system. The lawyer noted they are going to appeal against
this decision. The court hearing is on May 13.
From: A. Papazian
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/country21723.html
Published: 13:49:43 - 11/05/2011
On May 12 it will be four years since Levon Gulyan's death. Today
Arman Danielyan, head of the Civil Society Institute, and Hrayr
Ghukasyan, the representative of the legal successor of the victim,
held a press conference.
On May 9, 2007 a man was killed in the cafe run by Levon Gulyan. The
next day he was summoned to the policy for an interrogation. He
was illegally detained in the police till May 12 and underwent
torture. On May 12, he was taken to the Police headquarters, and
several hours later he died, reportedly jumping from the window in
an effort to escape.
Ghukasyan says the Court of First Instance, the Court of Appeal and
the Court of Cassation decided to continue the investigation of the
case, while the police dismissed the case for all the three times.
On August 27, 2010 the Court of Cassation accepted the claim of
the injured party, and the Special Investigation Service has been
instructed to resume the investigation. The investigation started
only 4 months after the court decision and was dismissed on March 21,
2011 due to lack of corpus delicti.
Hrayr Ghukasyan says the latest effort to dismiss the case is even
more cynical than the previous attempts. He thinks this decision
is lack of respect for the memory of Gulyan, his family and the
judicial system. The lawyer noted they are going to appeal against
this decision. The court hearing is on May 13.
From: A. Papazian