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BUZAND CONTROVERSY: RESIDENTS OF DEMOLISHED HOUSES CLAIM ARMENIAN GOVERNMENT CHEATED THEM AND EUROPEAN COURT
By Gohar Abrahamyan
ArmeniaNow
27.03.12 | 11:59
The ex-residents of three buildings, located in Buzand Street, who
were evicted from their apartments during the construction of the
Main Avenue in Yerevan, say they have been deceived again.
According to them, the Government of Armenia does not implement the
decision of the European Court of Human Rights, which called on the
Armenian authorities to compensate to those families whose property
right had been violated in building the Main Avenue in central Yerevan.
More than 5,000 residents of Yerevan's Kentron (Center) administrative
district had to leave their apartments because of the construction
of the Main Avenue (which includes Northern Avenue) which started in
2001 in accordance with the design of Soviet Yerevan's chief architect
Alexander Tamanyan.
Some of them have received compensations, however, there are people
who, without being satisfied with their compensation, appealed to all
Armenian court instance and finally turned to the European Court of
Human Rights.
Vahe Grigoryan, an attorney of those who filed suits with the European
Court of Human Rights, says still in 2006 he sent the appeals of the
three families formerly residing in 25 Buzand Street, to the European
Court of Human Rights. As a result, the Government of Armenia sent
letters to the European Court of Human Rights, stating that "the
Government is ready to provide the claimants with apartments in
the multi-flat buildings constructed in the place of their former
apartments under the property right."
Grigoryan says that in November 2011 the European Court of Human
Rights, accepting the statements, made by the Government of Armenia
removed the claimants' appeals from the list of cases subject to
review, so that the Government of Armenia fulfills its responsibilities
to the claimants within a period of three months.
Nevertheless the families say that even though the deadline defined
by the European Court of Human Rights passed week ago, they haven't
been provided with apartments yet.
"It turns out that the Government of Armenia has deceived us once
again in order to avoid the European Court's verdict against it," says
Gohar Gharibyan, a former resident of apartment 14 in 25 Buzand Street.
On Monday, the three families appealed to the European Court of
Human Rights asking them to restore their appeals on the list of
cases subject to consideration.
"We simply want to restore justice and live in the apartments which
will be equivalent compensation for our former housing," says head
of the "Victims of State Needs" NGO Sedrak Baghdasaryan, former
resident of apartment 16 in 25 Buzand Street. He adds that in the
name of the law adopted in 2001 and later named 'State Needs' the
Government violated the Constitution of Armenia and human rights.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
By Gohar Abrahamyan
ArmeniaNow
27.03.12 | 11:59
The ex-residents of three buildings, located in Buzand Street, who
were evicted from their apartments during the construction of the
Main Avenue in Yerevan, say they have been deceived again.
According to them, the Government of Armenia does not implement the
decision of the European Court of Human Rights, which called on the
Armenian authorities to compensate to those families whose property
right had been violated in building the Main Avenue in central Yerevan.
More than 5,000 residents of Yerevan's Kentron (Center) administrative
district had to leave their apartments because of the construction
of the Main Avenue (which includes Northern Avenue) which started in
2001 in accordance with the design of Soviet Yerevan's chief architect
Alexander Tamanyan.
Some of them have received compensations, however, there are people
who, without being satisfied with their compensation, appealed to all
Armenian court instance and finally turned to the European Court of
Human Rights.
Vahe Grigoryan, an attorney of those who filed suits with the European
Court of Human Rights, says still in 2006 he sent the appeals of the
three families formerly residing in 25 Buzand Street, to the European
Court of Human Rights. As a result, the Government of Armenia sent
letters to the European Court of Human Rights, stating that "the
Government is ready to provide the claimants with apartments in
the multi-flat buildings constructed in the place of their former
apartments under the property right."
Grigoryan says that in November 2011 the European Court of Human
Rights, accepting the statements, made by the Government of Armenia
removed the claimants' appeals from the list of cases subject to
review, so that the Government of Armenia fulfills its responsibilities
to the claimants within a period of three months.
Nevertheless the families say that even though the deadline defined
by the European Court of Human Rights passed week ago, they haven't
been provided with apartments yet.
"It turns out that the Government of Armenia has deceived us once
again in order to avoid the European Court's verdict against it," says
Gohar Gharibyan, a former resident of apartment 14 in 25 Buzand Street.
On Monday, the three families appealed to the European Court of
Human Rights asking them to restore their appeals on the list of
cases subject to consideration.
"We simply want to restore justice and live in the apartments which
will be equivalent compensation for our former housing," says head
of the "Victims of State Needs" NGO Sedrak Baghdasaryan, former
resident of apartment 16 in 25 Buzand Street. He adds that in the
name of the law adopted in 2001 and later named 'State Needs' the
Government violated the Constitution of Armenia and human rights.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress