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LEVON BARSEGHYAN SUES KENTRON POLICE FOR VIOLATING HIS RIGHTS
Tert.am
11.11.11
Levon Barseghyan, Board Chairman of Asparez journalist's club has
filed a lawsuit at the Administrative Court against Yerevan's Kentron
(Centre) Police.
With the lawsuit Barseghyan demands that the court hold the Kentron
Police officers accountable for infringing his right to freedom of
expression, speech, assembly, movement, personal freedom and impunity.
In a statement released on Friday, the Asparez noted that the incident
took place on September 21 this year when Barseghyan, together with
Arno Kuri, was taken to police after they started a march near Martiros
Saryan statue in central Yerevan.
They had held the Armenian national flag and chanted "Free,
independent, Armenia".
"Those detained were held at the police station against their will, for
three hours on they did not allow them to leave the area of the police
station, nor did they allow their lawyer to meet them, keeping him
waiting outside for more than half and an hour," read the statement.
Further, it said that perhaps realizing that their actions ran counter
the law, the police released next day a statement in which it said
on that day the police invited two citizens near the Saryan statue
to find out their identity.
However, Asparez Club claims that the video footage made by reporters
clearly shows that the police violently intervened in the march,
initiated by some 10-12 people, and pushed Barseghyan and Kuri into
the police vehicle with the use of force.
Artak Zeinalyan, Levon Barseghyan's lawer, said they would be
consisstent so that to hold the police officers accountabe,
irrespective how long it will take.
From: A. Papazian
Tert.am
11.11.11
Levon Barseghyan, Board Chairman of Asparez journalist's club has
filed a lawsuit at the Administrative Court against Yerevan's Kentron
(Centre) Police.
With the lawsuit Barseghyan demands that the court hold the Kentron
Police officers accountable for infringing his right to freedom of
expression, speech, assembly, movement, personal freedom and impunity.
In a statement released on Friday, the Asparez noted that the incident
took place on September 21 this year when Barseghyan, together with
Arno Kuri, was taken to police after they started a march near Martiros
Saryan statue in central Yerevan.
They had held the Armenian national flag and chanted "Free,
independent, Armenia".
"Those detained were held at the police station against their will, for
three hours on they did not allow them to leave the area of the police
station, nor did they allow their lawyer to meet them, keeping him
waiting outside for more than half and an hour," read the statement.
Further, it said that perhaps realizing that their actions ran counter
the law, the police released next day a statement in which it said
on that day the police invited two citizens near the Saryan statue
to find out their identity.
However, Asparez Club claims that the video footage made by reporters
clearly shows that the police violently intervened in the march,
initiated by some 10-12 people, and pushed Barseghyan and Kuri into
the police vehicle with the use of force.
Artak Zeinalyan, Levon Barseghyan's lawer, said they would be
consisstent so that to hold the police officers accountabe,
irrespective how long it will take.
From: A. Papazian