THEY DON’T LEAVE SHAMSHYAN ALONE
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[08:23 pm] 16 July, 2007
Gagik Shamshyan, a press photographer of "Araravot" (Morning) and
"Chorrord Ishkhanutyun" (Forth Power) newspapers has appeared in
recurrent legal proceedings. Today he was invited to the Shengavit
police station.
"The point is that a Yerevan citizen brought an action against me. I
am accused of photographing her dead son ten years ago," Shamshyan
told A1+.
"I shan’t bear testimony. In 1999 "Haylur" broadcast the October
27 carnage when Karen Hunanyan and his team broke into the National
Assembly, tortured deputies and killed the prime minister. Why don’t
they sue Haylur?"
Today the Court on Criminal and Marshal Issues heard Shamshian’s suit
against the First Instance Court of Erebuni-Nubarashen Communities.
"Though the court found me innocent of swindling and extortion, I am
still charged with misappropriation and embezzlement," Shamshyan said.
To note, Erebuni-Nubarashen Prosecutor’s Office wanted to sentence
Shamshyan to 4-year imprisonment but judge Alexander Azaryan sentenced
him to 2.5-year probation.
I consider the court decision "a chain". It implies that once I make
a mistake I shall stand trial.
Therefore I must dance to Aghvan Hovsepyan’s tune. I have no right
to leave Yerevan. They want to keep me under control.
Shamshyan had appealed the First Instance Court decision at the
Appellate Court. Today, Judge Karine Ghazaryan upheld Shamshyan’s
claim and reduced the probation period to one year.