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ANGRY MOTHER BLOCKS BAGHRAMYAN AVE., DEMANDS TO MEET WITH ARMENIAN PRESIDENT (VIDEO)
epress.am
01.18.2012
As previously reported, a judge in a Yerevan district court, citing an
altercation in court yesterday, decided on Tuesday to no longer hold
in Yerevan the hearings in the case of rifle platoon commander Artak
Nazaryan, who died suddenly while serving in Tavush marz (province)
during peacetime on Jul. 27, 2010.
The decision to move the trial to Ijevan, the capital of Tavush
province, angered relatives of the accused, as well as relatives
of the victim, who decided to go protest outside the presidential
residence today.
Javahir Hovhannisyan, the mother of one of the accused, Adibek
Hovhannisyan, outside the presidential residence, began to cross the
street and called out to others to follow her example, She threatened
to throw herself under a car, all the while stopping cars, while police
officers were unable to get her to calm down. Also crossing the street
with Javahir were the relatives of the accused and the victim, some
of whom began to rattle the gates outside the president~Rs residence.
Also protesting on the same site were disgruntled homeowners promised
new apartments who urged Adibek Hovhannisyan~Rs mother to join them
in a hunger strike.
~SI~Rll start a hunger strike; I~Rll also throw myself under a car,~T
she said, raising her voice and demanding that Armenian President
Serzh Sargsyan come out.
Meanwhile, Javahir described how at the time of Artak Nazaryan~Rs
death, her son had been serving in the military for 10 days and
couldn~Rt have killed him ~W ~Sit was the officer who did it,~T
she said.
Mr. Serzh, come out. I voted for him; let him respond. Order him to
come out!" she shouted, adding that she regrets voting for him.
Soon after, Javahir lost consciousness and an ambulance was called.
Paramedics arrived on the scene to assist her.
Afterwards, protestors were invited to come into the presidential
residence but advised to also go to the Council of Justice where
their concerns will be addressed.
Recall, the official cause of Artak's death is suicide; however, an
autopsy and physical examination of the body conducted later revealed
traces of violence on his face and body, which has led representatives
of the victim to believe he was murdered. They also point out that
the main witness in the case, Arman Mnatsakanyan, is escorted to the
hearings by police, which they say indicates he is being manipulated
by the authorities.
On the decision to move the hearings from Yerevan to Ijevan, human
rights activist and representative of the victim's party Ruben
Martirosyan, in conversation with Epress.am, said: "The victim's party
is from Yerevan, the prosecutors and attorneys are from Yerevan,
and the accused are held in Yerevan - and that's why we're against
this decision."
epress.am
01.18.2012
As previously reported, a judge in a Yerevan district court, citing an
altercation in court yesterday, decided on Tuesday to no longer hold
in Yerevan the hearings in the case of rifle platoon commander Artak
Nazaryan, who died suddenly while serving in Tavush marz (province)
during peacetime on Jul. 27, 2010.
The decision to move the trial to Ijevan, the capital of Tavush
province, angered relatives of the accused, as well as relatives
of the victim, who decided to go protest outside the presidential
residence today.
Javahir Hovhannisyan, the mother of one of the accused, Adibek
Hovhannisyan, outside the presidential residence, began to cross the
street and called out to others to follow her example, She threatened
to throw herself under a car, all the while stopping cars, while police
officers were unable to get her to calm down. Also crossing the street
with Javahir were the relatives of the accused and the victim, some
of whom began to rattle the gates outside the president~Rs residence.
Also protesting on the same site were disgruntled homeowners promised
new apartments who urged Adibek Hovhannisyan~Rs mother to join them
in a hunger strike.
~SI~Rll start a hunger strike; I~Rll also throw myself under a car,~T
she said, raising her voice and demanding that Armenian President
Serzh Sargsyan come out.
Meanwhile, Javahir described how at the time of Artak Nazaryan~Rs
death, her son had been serving in the military for 10 days and
couldn~Rt have killed him ~W ~Sit was the officer who did it,~T
she said.
Mr. Serzh, come out. I voted for him; let him respond. Order him to
come out!" she shouted, adding that she regrets voting for him.
Soon after, Javahir lost consciousness and an ambulance was called.
Paramedics arrived on the scene to assist her.
Afterwards, protestors were invited to come into the presidential
residence but advised to also go to the Council of Justice where
their concerns will be addressed.
Recall, the official cause of Artak's death is suicide; however, an
autopsy and physical examination of the body conducted later revealed
traces of violence on his face and body, which has led representatives
of the victim to believe he was murdered. They also point out that
the main witness in the case, Arman Mnatsakanyan, is escorted to the
hearings by police, which they say indicates he is being manipulated
by the authorities.
On the decision to move the hearings from Yerevan to Ijevan, human
rights activist and representative of the victim's party Ruben
Martirosyan, in conversation with Epress.am, said: "The victim's party
is from Yerevan, the prosecutors and attorneys are from Yerevan,
and the accused are held in Yerevan - and that's why we're against
this decision."