LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ARE RESPONSIBLE

Lragir.am
11-07-2007 16:05:53

Despite its short parliamentary biography the Heritage Party has
received lots of complains from the citizens and residents of
Armenia. Member of Parliament Zaruhi Postanjyan, Heritage Party,
presented some of them to news reporters on July 11. The member of
parliament, who is a professional lawyer, presented complains against
the judicial system.

For instance, the office of military prosecutor violates the rights
of heirs of the wronged person, the investigators refuse to provide
the results of examinations.

During the investigation the charged person is kept in custody,
and people often remain in prison for over a year without an enacted
verdict, isolated from their families and the society. According to
Zaruhi Postanjyan, 1000 people are currently in custody, whereas only
50 to 60 percent could be kept in custody, without isolating people
from the society and spare money the government spends on prisoners.

Most complaints the Heritage Party involve beating and torturing
of people.

Zaruhi Postanjyan said Gagik Begdoyan, for instance, got an injury
of the lung during the interrogation at the office of prosecutor and
had an operation. "If a healthy person enters the law enforcement
agency and leaves it with an injury, the law enforcement agency is
responsible," Zaruhi Postanjyan says.