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    MONITORING COMMITTEE CONCERNED ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION OF RESOLUTIONS 1609 AND 1620 BY ARMENIA

    Panorama.am
    2:50 02/10/2008

    The Monitoring Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly received the
    report from the Human Rights Commissioner regarding his visit to
    Yerevan from 13 to 15 July 2008 and was extremely alarmed about its
    findings and conclusions that show that only limited progress has been
    achieved regarding key demands of the Assembly. The Committee therefore
    invited the Human Rights Commissioner to return to Yerevan and report
    back to the Committee at its meeting in Paris on 17 December 2008.

    The Committee took note that, while the investigations regarding
    persons in preventive detention have now closed, the cases against
    seven, all charged under articles 300 and 225, have not yet
    been brought before the courts as a result of excessive length of
    investigation. In addition, the Committee is deeply concerned that the
    investigations regarding the responsibility for the 10 deaths on 1 and
    2 March have not yet been, or not yet on the point of being, concluded.

    The Committee regrets that the Armenian authorities did not consider
    the possibility of amnesty, pardons or any other legal means available
    to them, to resolve the situation regarding persons deprived of their
    liberty in relation to the events on 1 and 2 March 2008. It strongly
    urges the authorities to consider such options, which would result
    in major progress towards meeting the requirements of the Assembly.

    The Committee is of the view that Armenia is on a threshold regarding
    the implementation of Resolutions 1609 and 1620. Now is the time
    for the Armenian authorities to show the political will to resolve
    this problem.
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