A 6-DAY ACTION OPPOSITE THE PRESIDENT’S RESIDENCE

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[06:49 pm] 19 April, 2006

Four women and a man were standing opposite the President’s residence
today with posters demanding justice in their hands. A police car
was parked nearby.

These people have been here for the last six days demanding justice
for their sons and relatives who were sentenced to life imprisonment
yesterday for the murder of two soldiers in a NKR military basis. Even
after the court decision the relatives of the accused continue to
demand justice.

Sister of Hayk Zalyan, Liana Zalyan mentions that their only aim is
to make the President’s administration listen to their demand. “We
want our innocent boys to be set free. It they do not want to reveal
the real murderers let them not punish the innocent”.

The parents of the boys also invite attention to the fact that
during the trial yesterday Movses Mkrtoumyan, the father of one of
the murdered soldiers, announced that he does not believe that the
accused are guilty.

As for the participants of the act of complaint, none of the workers
of the President’s residence is interested in them. On the first day
they took their letter to the waiting room themselves. While taking
it the workers of the waiting room informed them that the answer will
be ready in a month and will be sent by mail. As for the other days,
no one has ever tried to meet them.

“We do not know how long we will sit here. Perhaps until we are
received,” Liana Zalyan says. The mother of Musa Serobyan who was
sentenced to life imprisonment too thinks that they must visit
different organizations so that everyone comes to know their problem.