POLICE BLAMED FOR INACTION

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01-10-2004

Chair of Cooperation for the Sake of DemocracyStepan Danelyan, head of
Armenia ‘s Helsinki Committee Avetik Ishkhanyan, chair of Yerevan
Press Club Boris Navasardyan and head of Civil Community Institute
Artak Kirakossyan came upwith joint statement on Friday.

The statement came as reaction to the police inaction in investigation
launched into attack on apartment of chair of International Union for
Lawyers Tigran Ter-Yesayan by a group of unidentified gunmen on July
30.

Two months have already passed since the incident. However, nothing
has been done to track down and prosecute the attackers, the statement
says.

The statement authors say some events that happened within the
two-month period give grounds for concern about strange inertness
shown by the investigators toward the case.

They say it isn’t ruled out that either the crime committed or the
feet-dragging stance taken by investigating team is connected with
Tigran Ter-Yesayan’s professional activity and his views.