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HRANUSH KHARATYAN: JUDICIAL SYSTEM NEEDS TO BE AMENDED
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12:03 | March 3,2014 | Politics
The judicial system in Armenia needs to be amended, says ethnographer
Hranush Kharatyan.
"As long as we have dependent courts in the country, their judgments
will remain questionable. As an ordinary citizen I question all their
decisions as I find that courts do not examine cases objectively,"
she said.
As an example Ms. Kharatyan cited the controversial Harsnakar case when
Vahe Avetyan, head of ENT (ear-nose-throat) department at the Defense
Ministry's Yerevan garrison hospital, died after being subjected to
violent beating at Harsnakar Restaurant owned by former MP, tycoon
Ruben Hayrapetyan.
Six employees of the restaurant - Garik Margaryan, Arman Khachatryan,
Davit Adamyan, Artur Babloyan, Arman Baghdasaryan and Norayr
Hayrapetyan have appeared at the bar and face up to 13 years'
imprisonment.
"These guys really committeed a heavy and sadistic crime, it is obvious
that they are really dangerous for the society. On the other hand,
their cynical behaviour and words 'What I have done? Let me return
to my family' comes to prove that they are dangerous people," says
the ethnographer.
She says the defendants do not sense the gravity of their actions;
they do not value human life.
Ms. Kharatyan is hopeful that the court will make a fair judgment,
and the real culprits will be brought to justice.
http://en.a1plus.am/1183595.html
12:03 | March 3,2014 | Politics
The judicial system in Armenia needs to be amended, says ethnographer
Hranush Kharatyan.
"As long as we have dependent courts in the country, their judgments
will remain questionable. As an ordinary citizen I question all their
decisions as I find that courts do not examine cases objectively,"
she said.
As an example Ms. Kharatyan cited the controversial Harsnakar case when
Vahe Avetyan, head of ENT (ear-nose-throat) department at the Defense
Ministry's Yerevan garrison hospital, died after being subjected to
violent beating at Harsnakar Restaurant owned by former MP, tycoon
Ruben Hayrapetyan.
Six employees of the restaurant - Garik Margaryan, Arman Khachatryan,
Davit Adamyan, Artur Babloyan, Arman Baghdasaryan and Norayr
Hayrapetyan have appeared at the bar and face up to 13 years'
imprisonment.
"These guys really committeed a heavy and sadistic crime, it is obvious
that they are really dangerous for the society. On the other hand,
their cynical behaviour and words 'What I have done? Let me return
to my family' comes to prove that they are dangerous people," says
the ethnographer.
She says the defendants do not sense the gravity of their actions;
they do not value human life.
Ms. Kharatyan is hopeful that the court will make a fair judgment,
and the real culprits will be brought to justice.