ARMENIA TO IMPLEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS OF NEW RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY PACE

Panorama.am
19:15 27/01/2009

Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe (PACE) adopted Resolution
11786 to be implemented by Armenia. Armenian delegation has been
granted time up to April to neutralize the aftermaths of March
1-2 events.

The Resolution has been adopted by 141 members of the Assembly voting
for the Resolution, against – 3 and 5 members did not voted.

PACE recommended all the political forces to abstain from
politicization and intervention in the activities of the Committee
investigating March events in Yerevan. PACE calls on Armenian
authorities to guarantee that al the state bodies and former state
bodies who left their positions in the aftermaths of March 1-2 events
to cooperate with the Committee and to provide all the information they
are aware. The Committee should be authorized to get any information
about the arrests, court suit and convicting those in charge with March
1-2 events. The Assembly highly regrets that Armenian authorities
managed "to obtain limited progress in the implementation of PACE
Resolutions 1609 and 1620 regarding the situation of persons deprived
of their liberty in relation to the events of 1 and 2 March 2008."

The Assembly notes that "doubts have been voiced regarding the nature
of the charges brought under Articles 225 and 300 of the Criminal
Code, as well as with regard to the legal proceedings against those
convicted in relation to the events of 1 and 2 March 2008, including
by the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights. The Assembly
therefore considers that, under such conditions, the charges against a
significant number of persons, especially those charged under Articles
225-3 and 300 of the Criminal Code and those based solely on police
evidence, could have been politically motivated. The Assembly is
seriously concerned about the implications of this situation if
left unaddressed."

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress