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FORMER WARD OF THE STATE STAGES SIT-IN IN DEFENSE OF IMPRISONED HUSBAND - VIDEO
10.23.2013 16:17 epress.am
A former resident of an orphanage in the Armenian city of Vanadzor
began a sit-in outside the president's residence in Yerevan today.
Taguhi Kocharyan, 26, came to Yerevan in the hope that the president
will review her husband's case. Speaking to the former ward of the
state, the Epress.am correspondent noticed that she arrived with a
placard and warm clothes.
Kocharyan's husband, Roman Kudashin, who is likewise a former resident
of the orphanage, is accused of stealing from the orphanage a music
system valued at 150,000 AMD (about $370 USD). The Lori District
Court of First Instance sentenced Kudashin to 4 years in prison.
Police directed Kocharyan, who was protesting outside the gates
of the president's residence, to the letters division, where they
urged her to submit a written complaint and appeal to RA Prosecutor
General Gevorg Kostanyan, as the matter is under the jursidiction of
the Prosecutor General's Office.
After leaving the letters division, Kocharyan told Epress.am that
her husand is innocent and there has been no evidence against him:
"The director of the orphanage is not complaining; he doesn't even
suspect my husband." Earlier, Kocharyan had protested the same issue
outside the Armenian government.
"In 6 months, I've gone through all the levels; I've appealed to
all of them; they've refused to help. I don't know how to explain
that I haven't seen anything good in this life; I live in rented
accommodation, mired in debt, lost two children, and haven't been to a
doctor after that; I'm ill; I can't work - tell me, how am I supposed
to live? This was the last straw. At least if his sentence was based
on evidence, I would understand, but he was sentenced based on a
judge's personal conviction and with the heaviest charges," she said.
Kocharyan said she borrowed money to come to Yerevan and she will
spend the night outside the president's residence until she gets
results, which caused one of the police officers to say in response,
"If you sleep [here], what will change? Nothing will change."
Kocharyan countered that if nothing changes, she will fulfill her
promise and commit suicide.
"I swear I'll do it. If in a country neither the justice minister nor
the president provides assistance, where do I go? And I am considered a
citizen of the Republic of Armenia and no one helps me," she concluded.
http://www.epress.am/en/2013/10/23/former-ward-of-the-state-stages-sit-in-in-defense-of-imprisoned-husband.html
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
10.23.2013 16:17 epress.am
A former resident of an orphanage in the Armenian city of Vanadzor
began a sit-in outside the president's residence in Yerevan today.
Taguhi Kocharyan, 26, came to Yerevan in the hope that the president
will review her husband's case. Speaking to the former ward of the
state, the Epress.am correspondent noticed that she arrived with a
placard and warm clothes.
Kocharyan's husband, Roman Kudashin, who is likewise a former resident
of the orphanage, is accused of stealing from the orphanage a music
system valued at 150,000 AMD (about $370 USD). The Lori District
Court of First Instance sentenced Kudashin to 4 years in prison.
Police directed Kocharyan, who was protesting outside the gates
of the president's residence, to the letters division, where they
urged her to submit a written complaint and appeal to RA Prosecutor
General Gevorg Kostanyan, as the matter is under the jursidiction of
the Prosecutor General's Office.
After leaving the letters division, Kocharyan told Epress.am that
her husand is innocent and there has been no evidence against him:
"The director of the orphanage is not complaining; he doesn't even
suspect my husband." Earlier, Kocharyan had protested the same issue
outside the Armenian government.
"In 6 months, I've gone through all the levels; I've appealed to
all of them; they've refused to help. I don't know how to explain
that I haven't seen anything good in this life; I live in rented
accommodation, mired in debt, lost two children, and haven't been to a
doctor after that; I'm ill; I can't work - tell me, how am I supposed
to live? This was the last straw. At least if his sentence was based
on evidence, I would understand, but he was sentenced based on a
judge's personal conviction and with the heaviest charges," she said.
Kocharyan said she borrowed money to come to Yerevan and she will
spend the night outside the president's residence until she gets
results, which caused one of the police officers to say in response,
"If you sleep [here], what will change? Nothing will change."
Kocharyan countered that if nothing changes, she will fulfill her
promise and commit suicide.
"I swear I'll do it. If in a country neither the justice minister nor
the president provides assistance, where do I go? And I am considered a
citizen of the Republic of Armenia and no one helps me," she concluded.
http://www.epress.am/en/2013/10/23/former-ward-of-the-state-stages-sit-in-in-defense-of-imprisoned-husband.html
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress