FOUR POLICEMEN CHARGED IN RELATION TO MARCH 1 EVENTS

Noyan Tapan
Aug 28, 2009

YEREVAN, AUGUST 28, NOYAN TAPAN. Charges were brought against four
policemen on August 27 under the criminal case investigated by the
RA Special Investigation Service in connection with acts of violence
committed against citizens in Republic Square and Mashtots Avenue
(near the market) in Yerevan on March 1, 2008.

Given the public’s interest and in response to the inquiries of
the mass media, we inform that policemen of the RA Police Yerevan
Department G.

Harutyunian and H. Ghukasian were charged under Article 309 Part 2
of the RA Criminal Code for committing violence against a citizen,
beating him with a rubber baton considered a special weapon in Republic
Square on the morning of March 1, 2008.

The investigators also established the identities of the policemen who
committed violence against two citizens near the market in Mashtots
Avenue, according to a videotape presented to investigators. Based on
the evidence obtained, policemen of the RA Police Yerevan Department
A. Manukian and G. Grigorian were charged under Article 309 Part 2
of the RA Criminal Code.

The operative search bodies were again instructed to establish the
identities of the citizens subjected to violence by policemen.