Paris, Yerevan, March 9, 2010 - FIDH and CSI welcome the release of M. Sacha Davtyan and call for an immediate investigation of the alleged use of torture against him. On February 26, 2010, the Court of Appeal shortened his sentence from 4 years of imprisonment to 3 years. Moreover, the Amnesty Act decreed by the Armenian National Assembly on June 19, 2009 was applied to M. Sasha Davtyan and he was immediately released. [...]
Arthur Sakunts, head of "Helsinki citizens' assembly Vanadzor" NGO, sent an open letter to the Minister of Defense Seyran Ohanyan, where he raised the issue of conscript Grigor Hakobyan who has got health problems while serving in the army. From the letter it becomes clear that since September 12 of the last year G. Hakobyan has been examined by the doctor for 6 times being taken to the hospitals periodically. Currently he is in "Kanaz" hospital of Yerevan. [...]
The conduct of the trials that took place in the aftermath of the March 2008 post-election violence in Yerevan reveals shortcomings in Armenia's justice system, concludes a report published today by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR). [...]
We have learned from this week's press that no action is brought against policemen for beating participants of a peaceful march on February 19 despite the fact that chief of the Kentron Police Department had promised the beaten citizens to punish the guilty policemen. [...]
