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ARMENIAN COURTS NOT EXERCISING JUSTICE - LAWYER
tert.am
28.06.12
The courts in the Republic of Armenia are not exercising justice,
a member of the Chamber of Lawyers has complained.
Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Attorney Lusine Sahakyan that
the existing situation negatively affects the country, as well as
its taxpayers.
"There are many cases in Armenia, when a human being faces restrictions
on the right to freedom. When detention is chosen a precautionary
measure, the state covers his or her expenses thanks to taxpayers. When
an individual applies to the European Court and wins a case, money
is paid from the State Budget," she said, noting that a decision to
detain an individual should be made only in exceptional cases.
Sahakyan said it is wrong to deprive a person of freedom once he or
she is accused of a crime is not acceptable.
"It is unacceptable to detain a person without having sufficient
evidence. A court recently ruled in a precedential case that detention
should no longer be used as a precautionary measure, with the exception
of some cases, but it later failed to abide by its ruling," she said,
adding that such failure had caused the defense lawyers to declare
a strike earlier this month.
From: A. Papazian
tert.am
28.06.12
The courts in the Republic of Armenia are not exercising justice,
a member of the Chamber of Lawyers has complained.
Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Attorney Lusine Sahakyan that
the existing situation negatively affects the country, as well as
its taxpayers.
"There are many cases in Armenia, when a human being faces restrictions
on the right to freedom. When detention is chosen a precautionary
measure, the state covers his or her expenses thanks to taxpayers. When
an individual applies to the European Court and wins a case, money
is paid from the State Budget," she said, noting that a decision to
detain an individual should be made only in exceptional cases.
Sahakyan said it is wrong to deprive a person of freedom once he or
she is accused of a crime is not acceptable.
"It is unacceptable to detain a person without having sufficient
evidence. A court recently ruled in a precedential case that detention
should no longer be used as a precautionary measure, with the exception
of some cases, but it later failed to abide by its ruling," she said,
adding that such failure had caused the defense lawyers to declare
a strike earlier this month.
From: A. Papazian