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KILLED SOLDIER ARTAK NAZARYAN'S TRIAL POSTPONED AS DEFENDANT WAS NOT IN COURT
epress.am
09.23.2011
The trial in the case of Artak Nazaryan was to have resumed in
the Tavush District Court of First Instance yesterday; however, it
was postponed as one of the defendants, fellow serviceman Harutyun
Kirakosyan, was not present in court.
Recall, Nazaryan, 30, commander of a rifle platoon and head of
a military base in Tavush, died suddenly on July 27, 2010. The
defense ministry claimed it was a suicide; however, according to
The Armenian Observer Blog, an autopsy and physical examination
of the body conducted later revealed traces of violence on his
face and body, inflicted upon the platoon commander 6 hours before
his death. Deputy of the military base where Nazaryan was employed,
Captain Hakob Manukyan, as well as fellow soldiers Mkhitar Mkhitaryan,
Adibek Hovhannisyan and Harutik (Harutyun) Kirakosyan are named as
the accused in the case.
Earlier, Nazaryan's mother, Hasmik Hovhannisyan, told Epress.am that
she appealed to Armenia's defense minister to move the trial of her
son's case from the city of Berd (located 211 kms from Yerevan) to the
Armenian capital, and if this is not possible, then to provide cars
(or taxis) to Nazaryan's family to go to Berd.
As told to Epress.am by Helsinki Association for Human Rights
representative Arman Veziryan, after the court session, Nazaryan's
family was told that moving the trial to either Yerevan or even
Idjevan, which is closer to Berd, is not possible.
Judge Samvel Mardanyan set the next court date for Oct. 3 at 3 pm.
epress.am
09.23.2011
The trial in the case of Artak Nazaryan was to have resumed in
the Tavush District Court of First Instance yesterday; however, it
was postponed as one of the defendants, fellow serviceman Harutyun
Kirakosyan, was not present in court.
Recall, Nazaryan, 30, commander of a rifle platoon and head of
a military base in Tavush, died suddenly on July 27, 2010. The
defense ministry claimed it was a suicide; however, according to
The Armenian Observer Blog, an autopsy and physical examination
of the body conducted later revealed traces of violence on his
face and body, inflicted upon the platoon commander 6 hours before
his death. Deputy of the military base where Nazaryan was employed,
Captain Hakob Manukyan, as well as fellow soldiers Mkhitar Mkhitaryan,
Adibek Hovhannisyan and Harutik (Harutyun) Kirakosyan are named as
the accused in the case.
Earlier, Nazaryan's mother, Hasmik Hovhannisyan, told Epress.am that
she appealed to Armenia's defense minister to move the trial of her
son's case from the city of Berd (located 211 kms from Yerevan) to the
Armenian capital, and if this is not possible, then to provide cars
(or taxis) to Nazaryan's family to go to Berd.
As told to Epress.am by Helsinki Association for Human Rights
representative Arman Veziryan, after the court session, Nazaryan's
family was told that moving the trial to either Yerevan or even
Idjevan, which is closer to Berd, is not possible.
Judge Samvel Mardanyan set the next court date for Oct. 3 at 3 pm.