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POLICEMEN SANCTIONED OVER FAILURE TO PROTECT JOURNALIST
22:18 ~U 25.04.13
Chief of Armenian Police Vladimir Gasparyan has imposed administrative
sanctions on police officers over a recent act of violence against
a journalist.
It comes after a reporter of the local news website Ilur.am, Hakob
Karapetyan, was beaten a ruling Republican Party member running
for the Yerevan city council. The incident occurred Tuesday in
Yerevan's administrative district of Nor Nork, where the party was
conducting a campaign for its mayoral candidate and incumbent mayor,
Taron Margaryan.
The Police say in a statement that the police officer on the scene did
not intervene in the scuffle to prevent the violence. The results of
subsequent internal investigation were reported to the chief police
who later called for enforcing the sanction.
The police officer has been reprimanded; his immediate superior
has received a severe reproof. The head of the district police has
been sacked
Armenian News - Tert.am
22:18 ~U 25.04.13
Chief of Armenian Police Vladimir Gasparyan has imposed administrative
sanctions on police officers over a recent act of violence against
a journalist.
It comes after a reporter of the local news website Ilur.am, Hakob
Karapetyan, was beaten a ruling Republican Party member running
for the Yerevan city council. The incident occurred Tuesday in
Yerevan's administrative district of Nor Nork, where the party was
conducting a campaign for its mayoral candidate and incumbent mayor,
Taron Margaryan.
The Police say in a statement that the police officer on the scene did
not intervene in the scuffle to prevent the violence. The results of
subsequent internal investigation were reported to the chief police
who later called for enforcing the sanction.
The police officer has been reprimanded; his immediate superior
has received a severe reproof. The head of the district police has
been sacked
Armenian News - Tert.am