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03/08 ANNIVERSARY: SEVEN YEARS ON, NO ONE BROUGHT TO JUSTICE FOR "MARCH 1" KILLINGS
NEWS | 27.02.15 | 16:16
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GOHAR ABRAHAMYAN
ArmeniaNow reporter
In two days Armenia will commemorate the seventh anniversary of the
"lost spring", when on March 1 2008 ten citizens were killed as a
result of post-election clashes; however, so far nobody has been
brought to justice for their lives, and this makes the parents of
the victims continue the fight.
Sargis Kloyan, the father of Gor Kloyan - one of the victims of the
March 1 tragic events - as the victim's successor, called a special
investigation service last week where he met the new investigator
and although before he gave testimony to two former inspectors,
but he was told that new interrogation must be held.
"But throughout these seven years we've understood that all these
actions bear imitative nature, so that they show the world that they
are dealing with March 1 case. But we understand that the 2008 March 1
page will be disclosed and the guilty will be punished only if there
is a change of government," Kloyan told reporters Friday.
March 1 NGO coordinator, writer, publicist Arakel Semirjyan thinks
that at the moment the prosecution is trying to sort the crimes
according to the type of the weapon, according to which they conduct
a separate investigation.
"Gor Kloyan and Armen Farmanyan were killed from the Cheryomukha
tear gas gun, and only the police possessed them, we have only four
servicemen who shot from Cheryomukha, and they have to find who among
these four did it, but not even a trial was held for the case to
be disclosed," Semirjyan said, adding that disclosure of the March
1 tragic events is highly important for Armenia, both for internal
and foreign affairs," If March 1st is not disclosed then Armenia
appears in the hands of killers, this is the problem of everyone,
without disclosing March 1 it is impossible to put this country on
a correct path, those killers are wandering around and are ready to
organize another March 1, besides with March 1st the government and
Armenia's foreign policy become vulnerable."
However, both Semirjyan and other victims' parents are convinced that
the difficulty is not about disclosing the crimes, but it is about
publicizing it.
"We do not have a problem of disclosing March 1, it has long been
disclosed, the killers as well, those who ordered as well, we simply
need to publicize, but after that it is possible that nobody in our
current government stays out," Semirjyan said.
http://armenianow.com/news/61032/armenia_march_1_2008_post_election_clashes
NEWS | 27.02.15 | 16:16
Photolure
GOHAR ABRAHAMYAN
ArmeniaNow reporter
In two days Armenia will commemorate the seventh anniversary of the
"lost spring", when on March 1 2008 ten citizens were killed as a
result of post-election clashes; however, so far nobody has been
brought to justice for their lives, and this makes the parents of
the victims continue the fight.
Sargis Kloyan, the father of Gor Kloyan - one of the victims of the
March 1 tragic events - as the victim's successor, called a special
investigation service last week where he met the new investigator
and although before he gave testimony to two former inspectors,
but he was told that new interrogation must be held.
"But throughout these seven years we've understood that all these
actions bear imitative nature, so that they show the world that they
are dealing with March 1 case. But we understand that the 2008 March 1
page will be disclosed and the guilty will be punished only if there
is a change of government," Kloyan told reporters Friday.
March 1 NGO coordinator, writer, publicist Arakel Semirjyan thinks
that at the moment the prosecution is trying to sort the crimes
according to the type of the weapon, according to which they conduct
a separate investigation.
"Gor Kloyan and Armen Farmanyan were killed from the Cheryomukha
tear gas gun, and only the police possessed them, we have only four
servicemen who shot from Cheryomukha, and they have to find who among
these four did it, but not even a trial was held for the case to
be disclosed," Semirjyan said, adding that disclosure of the March
1 tragic events is highly important for Armenia, both for internal
and foreign affairs," If March 1st is not disclosed then Armenia
appears in the hands of killers, this is the problem of everyone,
without disclosing March 1 it is impossible to put this country on
a correct path, those killers are wandering around and are ready to
organize another March 1, besides with March 1st the government and
Armenia's foreign policy become vulnerable."
However, both Semirjyan and other victims' parents are convinced that
the difficulty is not about disclosing the crimes, but it is about
publicizing it.
"We do not have a problem of disclosing March 1, it has long been
disclosed, the killers as well, those who ordered as well, we simply
need to publicize, but after that it is possible that nobody in our
current government stays out," Semirjyan said.
http://armenianow.com/news/61032/armenia_march_1_2008_post_election_clashes