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ARMENIAN OPPOSITION REQUIRES FREEDOM AND SECURITY FOR AUTHORS OF SCANDALOUS VIDEO
ArmInfo
2010-09-23 14:50:00
ArmInfo. "Despite the statements by Armenia's Defense Ministry and the
defense minister saying it is impossible to establish identity of a
sadist officer from the video demonstrating an episode of disgraceful
orders reigning in the army, it was established", the statement by
the oppositional Armenian National Congress says.
According to the statement, the regime had to revise its earlier made
decision on cover- up of this monstrous crime when, on one hand,
it became technically impossible to suppress dissemination of this
video, on the other hand, when it faced counteraction by Armenia's
civil society, journalist community and human right activists, and
when it realized that public unrest in view of this may be dangerous
up to failure of the forthcoming draft call.
Armenian National Congress fixed the following in its statement
of September 13, 2010: "Any man of sense, having undergone such an
inhuman humiliation, especially an 18-19 years old young man, may
commit suicide or murder, and prefer escape to the enemy". It also
considered the incident in the aforementioned video as a "gravest
crime, a treason aimed at loosening and demoralization of the army".
It also demanded to solve it in a week.
Since the authorities, having made the first coersive step, will
process the case in quite another course according to the threats
it earlier voiced, the Congress claims once again and requires for
this incident to be considered not as a usual scuffle or a deed not
meeting the regulations, but as a gravest crime, a treason aimed
at loosening and demoralization of the army - a structure which is
called to assure the country's external security.
Moreover, ANC says the country's authorities have to publicly and
officially guarantee immunity of the two servicemen, as well as
freedom, security and immunity of the authors and disseminators of
the video. In its turn, Armenia's Defense Ministry must offer an
apology for the threats to them it earlier voiced, the statement says.
To recall, the video was put on the internet a few days ago. It
pictured a half-naked officer pouring water on two soldiers and
beating them. The names of the participants in the scandalous video
have been established. A criminal case has been instituted on the
fact according to part 1 of Article 375 of Armenia's Criminal Code.
From: A. Papazian
ArmInfo
2010-09-23 14:50:00
ArmInfo. "Despite the statements by Armenia's Defense Ministry and the
defense minister saying it is impossible to establish identity of a
sadist officer from the video demonstrating an episode of disgraceful
orders reigning in the army, it was established", the statement by
the oppositional Armenian National Congress says.
According to the statement, the regime had to revise its earlier made
decision on cover- up of this monstrous crime when, on one hand,
it became technically impossible to suppress dissemination of this
video, on the other hand, when it faced counteraction by Armenia's
civil society, journalist community and human right activists, and
when it realized that public unrest in view of this may be dangerous
up to failure of the forthcoming draft call.
Armenian National Congress fixed the following in its statement
of September 13, 2010: "Any man of sense, having undergone such an
inhuman humiliation, especially an 18-19 years old young man, may
commit suicide or murder, and prefer escape to the enemy". It also
considered the incident in the aforementioned video as a "gravest
crime, a treason aimed at loosening and demoralization of the army".
It also demanded to solve it in a week.
Since the authorities, having made the first coersive step, will
process the case in quite another course according to the threats
it earlier voiced, the Congress claims once again and requires for
this incident to be considered not as a usual scuffle or a deed not
meeting the regulations, but as a gravest crime, a treason aimed
at loosening and demoralization of the army - a structure which is
called to assure the country's external security.
Moreover, ANC says the country's authorities have to publicly and
officially guarantee immunity of the two servicemen, as well as
freedom, security and immunity of the authors and disseminators of
the video. In its turn, Armenia's Defense Ministry must offer an
apology for the threats to them it earlier voiced, the statement says.
To recall, the video was put on the internet a few days ago. It
pictured a half-naked officer pouring water on two soldiers and
beating them. The names of the participants in the scandalous video
have been established. A criminal case has been instituted on the
fact according to part 1 of Article 375 of Armenia's Criminal Code.
From: A. Papazian