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HUSBAND WHO ABUSED, MURDERED HIS WIFE GETS 10 YEARS IN JAIL, WHILE HIS MOTHER GETS CUSTODY OF CHILD
epress.am
10.17.2011 11:03
Relatives of the late Zaruhi Petrosyan, 20, are not preparing to
protest Friday's Court of General Jurisdiction of Ararat and Vayots
Dzor Marzes' ruling which sentenced Zaruhi's husband, Yanis Sarkisov,
to 10 years' imprisonment for the murder of his wife (who died on Oct.
1, 2010). As it stands, 10 years is the maximum penalty for such
crimes in Armenia. This news was conveyed to Epress.am on Saturday
by Coalition to Stop Violence Against Women in Armenia coordinator
Gayane Harutyunyan.
Yanis Sarkisov was arrested and charged in accordance with Article
112 Section 2 Point 14 of Armenia's Criminal Code ("infliction of
willful heavy damage to health which caused the death of the aggrieved
by negligence").
As for custody of Zaruhi's two-year-old daughter, guardianship
was transferred to Sarkisov's mother, who, incidentally, was also a
perpetrator of violence and abuse against Zaruhi, according to claims
by Zaruhi's family and human rights campaigners.
"Zaruhi's sister and her [i.e. the sister's] mother-in-law appealed
in the city of Masis with a request for custody of the child when
Zaruhi's husband, Yanis Sarkisov, had not yet acknowledged paternity.
In Masis, they were both refused on grounds of a lack of adequate
living conditions. However, later, Yanis decided to acknowledge
paternity and presented a trust deed for his mother to become guardian
of the child. During this time, the child was in Yerevan's Nork-Marash
administrative district children's home. And suddenly Yanis' father,
Alexander Sarkisov, appears, goes home in the city of Yerevan and
they appeal to the Nork-Marash administrative district custody and
guardianship commission with a request for custody, which was granted,"
she said.
Harutyunyan informed Epress.am that only after meeting with the
Coalition to Stop Violence Against Women in Armenia did the commission
find out that Yanis Sarkisov is being accused in the murder of
his wife.
"They told us that they didn't know anything about this case; they
didn't know," she said, adding that they sent letters to the custody
and guardianship commission to keep an eye on the child, her living
conditions and health issues.
"We also contacted the child protection network [a national network
of NGOs to protect children's rights] in Armenia so they [too] keep an
eye on the child. But we have not yet received a response," she said.
epress.am
10.17.2011 11:03
Relatives of the late Zaruhi Petrosyan, 20, are not preparing to
protest Friday's Court of General Jurisdiction of Ararat and Vayots
Dzor Marzes' ruling which sentenced Zaruhi's husband, Yanis Sarkisov,
to 10 years' imprisonment for the murder of his wife (who died on Oct.
1, 2010). As it stands, 10 years is the maximum penalty for such
crimes in Armenia. This news was conveyed to Epress.am on Saturday
by Coalition to Stop Violence Against Women in Armenia coordinator
Gayane Harutyunyan.
Yanis Sarkisov was arrested and charged in accordance with Article
112 Section 2 Point 14 of Armenia's Criminal Code ("infliction of
willful heavy damage to health which caused the death of the aggrieved
by negligence").
As for custody of Zaruhi's two-year-old daughter, guardianship
was transferred to Sarkisov's mother, who, incidentally, was also a
perpetrator of violence and abuse against Zaruhi, according to claims
by Zaruhi's family and human rights campaigners.
"Zaruhi's sister and her [i.e. the sister's] mother-in-law appealed
in the city of Masis with a request for custody of the child when
Zaruhi's husband, Yanis Sarkisov, had not yet acknowledged paternity.
In Masis, they were both refused on grounds of a lack of adequate
living conditions. However, later, Yanis decided to acknowledge
paternity and presented a trust deed for his mother to become guardian
of the child. During this time, the child was in Yerevan's Nork-Marash
administrative district children's home. And suddenly Yanis' father,
Alexander Sarkisov, appears, goes home in the city of Yerevan and
they appeal to the Nork-Marash administrative district custody and
guardianship commission with a request for custody, which was granted,"
she said.
Harutyunyan informed Epress.am that only after meeting with the
Coalition to Stop Violence Against Women in Armenia did the commission
find out that Yanis Sarkisov is being accused in the murder of
his wife.
"They told us that they didn't know anything about this case; they
didn't know," she said, adding that they sent letters to the custody
and guardianship commission to keep an eye on the child, her living
conditions and health issues.
"We also contacted the child protection network [a national network
of NGOs to protect children's rights] in Armenia so they [too] keep an
eye on the child. But we have not yet received a response," she said.