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    ACTIVISTS TO PROTEST AGAINST NON-COMBAT KILLINGS IN ARMY

    Tert.am
    21:57 31.08.11

    A rights group is organizing a peaceful protest outside the government
    building in Yerevan on Thursday against non-combat killings in
    the army.

    In a statement issued on Wednesday, the group called The Army Without
    Murderers, said that event will start at 11am.

    The Vanadzor Office of the Helsinki Civil Assembly, in turn, called
    on citizens concerned about such killings to attend the protest.

    The protestors will join those Armenian mother whose sons have been
    killed in non-combat circumstances in the army and who assembly outside
    the government building every Thursday, demanding the authorities to
    find out the perpetrators and hold them accountable.

    It comes after an Armenian soldier was taken to a military hospital
    in Karabakh in an unconscious state on August 26 and passed away later.

    According to the official version, Aghasi Abrahamyan died from a wound
    on the head that was inflicted due to a "careless movement". However,
    his relatives claim he was beaten to death.

    They pointed to cell-phone photos they took during the forensic
    examination of the body. The photos displayed several bruises on
    various parts of his body.

    Non-combat killings in the Armenian army claim several lives each
    year despite widespread condemnation of such acts.



    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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