HERITAGE PARTY LEADER: LEVON GHULYAN’S DEATH DEFEAT OF ARMENIA

ArmInfo
2007-06-08 14:23:00

"No one has a right to play with human lives. Levon Ghulyan’s death
is the defeat of Armenia as a statehood," Raffi Hovanisian, leader
of the Heritage opposition party at public hearings on the topic
"Levon Ghulyan: life of one person a challenge to the public" at the
Armenian Centre for National and International Studies, Friday. The
event organizer is the National Civil Initiative.

He said Heritage not only supports L. Ghulyan but also all the
citizens of Armenia, as a country must safeguard its citizens. "In a
legal country, the Police ought to carefully investigate any case and
not imitate an investigation. Not only the fact of violence against
L. Ghulyan deserves condemnation, but also the behavior and response
of the authorities to it," R. Hovannisian said.

Levon Gulyan, born in 1976, was invited to the police to give
testimony on the Stepan Vardanyan murder case, committed on 9 May. The
law-enforcement agencies report that Gulyan tried to run way, but over
the fight he fell from the second floor window and died. Relatives
of Ghulayn are sure that he died of bodily harms. They connect the
incident with the name of First Deputy Chief of Criminal Investigation
General Department Hovhanness Tamamyan known for his methods of
working with the detained people. Yerevan Prosecutor’s Office has
initiated a criminal case on Article 110 of RA Criminal Code (forcible
suicide). The medical examination of May 13 showed that L. Ghulyan
died of bodily injuries typical of a fall from a height. Ghulyan’s
relatives insisted on an alternative examination with participation
of German and Dutch experts. The alternative examination was carried
out on May 19. However, the result has not been made public so far.