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GEVORGYAN FORCED TO SHOULDER MURDER OF 'MARCH 1' VICTIM
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05:50 pm | Today | Politics
The police forced former political prisoner Felix Gevorgyan to to
take responsibility for one of the 10 deaths, Gevorgyan's legal
representative Stepan Voskanyan told journalists on Friday.
The lawyer says his client refused to take over the murder and as a
result suffered at the hands of police.
"They pinned a number of thefts and assaults on him and finally
extorted false confession from him after torturing him and burning his
feet with a scorching rod. Subsequently, a criminal case was instituted
against Gevorgyan in the Mashtots district police department," said
the lawyer.
Stepan Voskanyan is sure that the charges filed against the former
political prisoner are targeted at his father.
"Felix's father, Petros Gevorgyan, is an activist of the opposition
Armenian National Congress. By involving Felix in a lawsuit they are
trying to suppress his father's political activity," he said.
Felix Gevorgyan was arrested in connection with the violence of March
1, 2008 political uprising in Yerevan and was convicted of illegal
possession of a firearm. He was paroled in 2010, but re-arrested on
September 29 this year. Gevorgyan is serving his sentence in Nubarashen
penitentiary institution.
http://www.a1plus.am/en/politics/2011/11/04/felix-gevorgyan
05:50 pm | Today | Politics
The police forced former political prisoner Felix Gevorgyan to to
take responsibility for one of the 10 deaths, Gevorgyan's legal
representative Stepan Voskanyan told journalists on Friday.
The lawyer says his client refused to take over the murder and as a
result suffered at the hands of police.
"They pinned a number of thefts and assaults on him and finally
extorted false confession from him after torturing him and burning his
feet with a scorching rod. Subsequently, a criminal case was instituted
against Gevorgyan in the Mashtots district police department," said
the lawyer.
Stepan Voskanyan is sure that the charges filed against the former
political prisoner are targeted at his father.
"Felix's father, Petros Gevorgyan, is an activist of the opposition
Armenian National Congress. By involving Felix in a lawsuit they are
trying to suppress his father's political activity," he said.
Felix Gevorgyan was arrested in connection with the violence of March
1, 2008 political uprising in Yerevan and was convicted of illegal
possession of a firearm. He was paroled in 2010, but re-arrested on
September 29 this year. Gevorgyan is serving his sentence in Nubarashen
penitentiary institution.