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    CROWD URGES POLICE NOT TO HUSH UP HARSNAQAR CASE (VIDEOS)

    Tert.am
    02.08.12

    The civil group calling for a fair prosecution against the perpetrators
    of the Harsnaqar deadly clash protested outside the Armenian Police on
    Thursday, urging it to disclose the copies of the case to the lawyer
    of Vahe Avetyan, the military doctor killed in the incident.

    The protesters claimed that the police failure not to submit the
    documents is inconsistent with an earlier promise to do everything
    possible to ensure a fair proceeding.

    The gathering had brought together different political and civil
    groups, including young activists of the opposition Armenian National
    Congress, representatives of the Heritage party, members of the
    Sardarapat Movement, rights activists and others.

    Avetyan, who headed the ENT Department of the Yerevan Garrison
    Hospital, was beaten up together with two other colleagues on the
    premises of Harsnaqar on June 17. He was hospitalized in a critical
    condition and died twelve days later, without coming to consciousness.

    One of the protesters, Zaruhi Hovhannisyan, said replacing the charges
    against the culprits to characterize the merciless act as a negligent
    murder is but ridiculous.

    She said the move is part of the efforts to cover up the case

    "We wish to remind the police to prevent [any attempts] to cover
    up such a high-profile case that has created a demand for justice,"
    she said, warning that the group will closely follow the proceeding.

    An investigator in charge for the case met the crowd outside,
    asking them to create a group of activists for discussing the matter
    upstairs. But the group declined the proposal.

    David Sanasaryan of the opposition Heritage party said it would
    be enough for the police to act in an open manner, involving the
    attorneys in the proceeding.

    The legal successor of the aggrieved, Tigran Yegoryan and Lusine
    Hakobyan, later joined the protest. The latter told reporters that
    they have so far had not access to the documents and materials
    relating case.

    "It was only yesterday that we got a notice for getting familiarized
    with our cases," she said."Instead of minding their own business,
    the police are busy with issuing statements."

    A chief of the Police Inspectorate General of Criminal Investigation,
    Arsen Ayvazyan, also talked to journalists, noting that they had sent
    the notices on July 27.

    The attorneys finally went upstairs to get familiarized with the
    case materials.



    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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