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PROTEST PARTICIPANT ARRESTED WITHOUT PROPER DOCUMENTATION IN GYUMRI, SAYS LAWYER
02.05.2015 13:59 epress.am
Mnatsakan Aleksanyan, who was called in yesterday as a witness by
the Gyumri police and subsequently arrested, was not given the proper
investigation records initiated against him, said Aleksanyan's lawyer
Hayk Harutyunyan in an interview with Epress.am. As of 1PM Aleksanyan
is still being kept at the Gyumri investigation department. The lawyer
has motioned to receive the documents, including the arrest records
and initial decision, as to what Aleksanyan was charged with.
"For around one hour they didn't let me in. When I finally saw
Aleksanyan, I asked him to give me the documents (regarding his
arrest), he said that they hadn't given him anything," told Hayk
Harutyunyan.
The lawyer said that one thing they know is that Aleksanyan was
arrested in the framework of the criminal case initiated into the
January 15 incidents on articles of hooliganism and use of force
against representatives of authorities. Currently, the young man is
kept in detention without being formally charged of the latter.
Yesterday, Aleksanyan was invited as a witness, he gave a testimony,
and was informed afterwards that he was arrested. Journalist Levon
Barseghyan wrote on his Facebook page that Aleksanyan was interrogated
for 13 hours straight on January 17 as well. A few websites' broadcasts
of January 15 events showed Aleksanyan conversing with Heritage Party
MP Zaruhi Postanjyan. Aleksanyan reprimanded the MP for getting into
a police vehicle. "I have one question, did you find it appropriate
to be seen in a police car on the streets of Gyumri?
Answer my question with a yes or no. If you asked anyone from Lenikakan
(Gyumri) to take you to London, they would, but you shouldn't have
sit in a dog's car," said Aleksanyan.
Thousands of people demonstrated on January 15 in front the Shirak
province's Prosecutor's office demanding that the murder suspect of
the 7 members of the Avetisyan family Russian soldier Valery Permyakov
be transferred and tried by Armenian law enforcement. One group of
the demonstrators decided to move toward the Russian consulate and
were barricaded by police, which resulted in a confrontation. Ever
since a criminal case has been opened for use
02.05.2015 13:59 epress.am
Mnatsakan Aleksanyan, who was called in yesterday as a witness by
the Gyumri police and subsequently arrested, was not given the proper
investigation records initiated against him, said Aleksanyan's lawyer
Hayk Harutyunyan in an interview with Epress.am. As of 1PM Aleksanyan
is still being kept at the Gyumri investigation department. The lawyer
has motioned to receive the documents, including the arrest records
and initial decision, as to what Aleksanyan was charged with.
"For around one hour they didn't let me in. When I finally saw
Aleksanyan, I asked him to give me the documents (regarding his
arrest), he said that they hadn't given him anything," told Hayk
Harutyunyan.
The lawyer said that one thing they know is that Aleksanyan was
arrested in the framework of the criminal case initiated into the
January 15 incidents on articles of hooliganism and use of force
against representatives of authorities. Currently, the young man is
kept in detention without being formally charged of the latter.
Yesterday, Aleksanyan was invited as a witness, he gave a testimony,
and was informed afterwards that he was arrested. Journalist Levon
Barseghyan wrote on his Facebook page that Aleksanyan was interrogated
for 13 hours straight on January 17 as well. A few websites' broadcasts
of January 15 events showed Aleksanyan conversing with Heritage Party
MP Zaruhi Postanjyan. Aleksanyan reprimanded the MP for getting into
a police vehicle. "I have one question, did you find it appropriate
to be seen in a police car on the streets of Gyumri?
Answer my question with a yes or no. If you asked anyone from Lenikakan
(Gyumri) to take you to London, they would, but you shouldn't have
sit in a dog's car," said Aleksanyan.
Thousands of people demonstrated on January 15 in front the Shirak
province's Prosecutor's office demanding that the murder suspect of
the 7 members of the Avetisyan family Russian soldier Valery Permyakov
be transferred and tried by Armenian law enforcement. One group of
the demonstrators decided to move toward the Russian consulate and
were barricaded by police, which resulted in a confrontation. Ever
since a criminal case has been opened for use