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THE COURT HAS RECOGNIZED THE FACT OF VIOLATIONS OF LEVON BARSEGHYAN'S RIGHTS BY POLICE
August 29 2013
Levon Barseghyan, Chairman of the Journalists' Club "Asparez" in
Gyumri, on the day of the military parade in 2011 organized on the
occasion of the 20th anniversary of independence in Yerevan, learning
from the Facebook that foreign troops and flags will be participating
in the parade joined the spontaneous organized protest against the
presence of foreign troops and flags in our parade of independence.
During the protest, an incident happened with the police officers
headed by famous Arayik Petrossyan, who, at the time, was the deputy
head of the Kentron Police Department. Levon Barseghyan and Arno Kuri
were taken to the police by force, 3 hours illegally kept, and were
released only after the completion of the parade. Levon Barseghyan
has sued the police to court winning the trial after 1.5-year-long
hearing. In a conversation with Aravot.am, Levon Barseghyan presented
the incident as follows: "On September 21, 2011, in the morning of the
Independence Day, as soon s we started our demonstrators and protest
march near the statue of Saryan, the police officers, headed by the
same infamous Arayik Petrosyan, at that time he was the Deputy Head
of the Kentron Police Department, warned that if we begin to march
they would catch us, and take to the police station, and we said
that we are exercising our rights, you do your job, if you think that
you are going to take, take. The grabbed a couple of posters from us
with "Free, independent Armenia", "Armenia is not a part of Russia,"
and so on. Then, when we raised the flag and began to chant "Free,
independent Armenia", they caught me and Arno Kuri, made us get into
the car, took us to the Kentron department, kept us for 3 hours, when
the parade ended, they released us. In the meantime, the police, in
response to the news that we were apprehended to police, rumors were
spread that we were not apprehended to the police station, two people
were invited to the police station to identify their personality. Of
course, the man knew who we are, we have talked. Nothing was clarified
from us in the police department. When my lawyer came, we asked for
the protocol on arrest, etc., they said,- "we haven't apprehended you,
what protocol, what such a thing". In short, they began to pretend
innocent. After leaving we decided that we should sue the police
officers to call to order. The judicial process lasted 1.5 years,
we had invited witnesses to the trial. They decided to call 4 police
officers to protect them, in the result of which they were absolutely
disgraced. They began to lie, as if I had asked the police to apprehend
me, and the judge during the trial asked that he did not understand
"if anyone in anywhere asks you to take him to the police department,
would you do it", he said, "yes, what's wrong with that".
The judge says "why do you use the means of the state for taking the
citizen to police department, let him come by his own means, if he
wanted. In short, answers of stupid character. They began to tell that
I was drinking coffee and smoking in the police department, he was
telling that we were smoking, and talking for 3 hours. Ultimately,
the court acknowledged and received our claim as a whole. The
requirements of the appeal were following: to recognize violation
of my rights to freedom of speech, freedom of movement and freedom
of rallies. To recognize the fact and compensate the amount of the
state duty. Now, the police officer owes me 8 thousand drams. We
were waiting for them to present an appeal to the Court of Appeals,
a month passed, they have not yet presented the appeal. On the 4th, we
have a press conference at the "Media" center with my good friend and
lawyer Artak Zeynalyan, he was my representative. We will present the
circumstances of the case, we will present a series of amusing passages
from interrogation of witnesses as to what kind of nonsense answers
can be given by a police captain, by one of them who apprehended
me, and so on." According to Levon Barseghyan, there were two ways,
one of them was to present a report against the police, the other to
apply to an administrative court. But since Levon Barseghyan during
restriction of the rights to mobile freely on a car along Sayat-Nova
street in Gyumri with Georgian license plates, submitted a report to
the police at the request of filing a criminal case, and making sure
that "the police officer does not eat meat of another police officer,"
and "the prosecutor's office can no way eat the meat of a police
officer", this time he applied to the Administrative Court. And the
Administrative Court has recognized the fact of violation of Levon
Barseghyan's constitutional rights to freedom of mobility, freedom
of speech, and freedom of rallies by the police. Nune AREVSHATYAN
Read more at: http://en.aravot.am/2013/08/29/156220/
From: Baghdasarian
August 29 2013
Levon Barseghyan, Chairman of the Journalists' Club "Asparez" in
Gyumri, on the day of the military parade in 2011 organized on the
occasion of the 20th anniversary of independence in Yerevan, learning
from the Facebook that foreign troops and flags will be participating
in the parade joined the spontaneous organized protest against the
presence of foreign troops and flags in our parade of independence.
During the protest, an incident happened with the police officers
headed by famous Arayik Petrossyan, who, at the time, was the deputy
head of the Kentron Police Department. Levon Barseghyan and Arno Kuri
were taken to the police by force, 3 hours illegally kept, and were
released only after the completion of the parade. Levon Barseghyan
has sued the police to court winning the trial after 1.5-year-long
hearing. In a conversation with Aravot.am, Levon Barseghyan presented
the incident as follows: "On September 21, 2011, in the morning of the
Independence Day, as soon s we started our demonstrators and protest
march near the statue of Saryan, the police officers, headed by the
same infamous Arayik Petrosyan, at that time he was the Deputy Head
of the Kentron Police Department, warned that if we begin to march
they would catch us, and take to the police station, and we said
that we are exercising our rights, you do your job, if you think that
you are going to take, take. The grabbed a couple of posters from us
with "Free, independent Armenia", "Armenia is not a part of Russia,"
and so on. Then, when we raised the flag and began to chant "Free,
independent Armenia", they caught me and Arno Kuri, made us get into
the car, took us to the Kentron department, kept us for 3 hours, when
the parade ended, they released us. In the meantime, the police, in
response to the news that we were apprehended to police, rumors were
spread that we were not apprehended to the police station, two people
were invited to the police station to identify their personality. Of
course, the man knew who we are, we have talked. Nothing was clarified
from us in the police department. When my lawyer came, we asked for
the protocol on arrest, etc., they said,- "we haven't apprehended you,
what protocol, what such a thing". In short, they began to pretend
innocent. After leaving we decided that we should sue the police
officers to call to order. The judicial process lasted 1.5 years,
we had invited witnesses to the trial. They decided to call 4 police
officers to protect them, in the result of which they were absolutely
disgraced. They began to lie, as if I had asked the police to apprehend
me, and the judge during the trial asked that he did not understand
"if anyone in anywhere asks you to take him to the police department,
would you do it", he said, "yes, what's wrong with that".
The judge says "why do you use the means of the state for taking the
citizen to police department, let him come by his own means, if he
wanted. In short, answers of stupid character. They began to tell that
I was drinking coffee and smoking in the police department, he was
telling that we were smoking, and talking for 3 hours. Ultimately,
the court acknowledged and received our claim as a whole. The
requirements of the appeal were following: to recognize violation
of my rights to freedom of speech, freedom of movement and freedom
of rallies. To recognize the fact and compensate the amount of the
state duty. Now, the police officer owes me 8 thousand drams. We
were waiting for them to present an appeal to the Court of Appeals,
a month passed, they have not yet presented the appeal. On the 4th, we
have a press conference at the "Media" center with my good friend and
lawyer Artak Zeynalyan, he was my representative. We will present the
circumstances of the case, we will present a series of amusing passages
from interrogation of witnesses as to what kind of nonsense answers
can be given by a police captain, by one of them who apprehended
me, and so on." According to Levon Barseghyan, there were two ways,
one of them was to present a report against the police, the other to
apply to an administrative court. But since Levon Barseghyan during
restriction of the rights to mobile freely on a car along Sayat-Nova
street in Gyumri with Georgian license plates, submitted a report to
the police at the request of filing a criminal case, and making sure
that "the police officer does not eat meat of another police officer,"
and "the prosecutor's office can no way eat the meat of a police
officer", this time he applied to the Administrative Court. And the
Administrative Court has recognized the fact of violation of Levon
Barseghyan's constitutional rights to freedom of mobility, freedom
of speech, and freedom of rallies by the police. Nune AREVSHATYAN
Read more at: http://en.aravot.am/2013/08/29/156220/
From: Baghdasarian