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Aravot: European Court to demand 30,000 moral compensation from Armenia
tert.am
09:46 - 06.07.12
The European Court of Human Rights' (ECtHR) recent ruling to impose a
30,000 moral compensation on Armenia will take effect this
September, the paper has learned.
The plaintiff in the case of Poghosyan and Baghdasaryan vs. the
Republic of Armenia initially demanded 280,000. Armen Poghosyan, who
was accused of raping and killing a minor, was sentenced to 15 years
in prison but after five years and six months he was released as he
turned out to be serving time instead of another offender, says the
paper. Poghosyan had for years complained to the prosecutor general
and the president that he hadn't committed the crime, but they did not
reportedly believe him until the real offender admitted his guilt.
Poghosyan and his mother, Mrs. Baghdasaryan, demanded moral vs.
material compensation from the court, but their appeal was rejected by
the domestic courts, says the paper adding that Poghosyan appears to
be the first claimant to demand moral compensation from ECtHR.
tert.am
09:46 - 06.07.12
The European Court of Human Rights' (ECtHR) recent ruling to impose a
30,000 moral compensation on Armenia will take effect this
September, the paper has learned.
The plaintiff in the case of Poghosyan and Baghdasaryan vs. the
Republic of Armenia initially demanded 280,000. Armen Poghosyan, who
was accused of raping and killing a minor, was sentenced to 15 years
in prison but after five years and six months he was released as he
turned out to be serving time instead of another offender, says the
paper. Poghosyan had for years complained to the prosecutor general
and the president that he hadn't committed the crime, but they did not
reportedly believe him until the real offender admitted his guilt.
Poghosyan and his mother, Mrs. Baghdasaryan, demanded moral vs.
material compensation from the court, but their appeal was rejected by
the domestic courts, says the paper adding that Poghosyan appears to
be the first claimant to demand moral compensation from ECtHR.