OMBUDSMAN APPLIED TO JUSTICE MINISTER

armen-harutiunian
03:53 pm | August 31, 2009

Politics

Armenia’s Ombudsman Armen Harutiunian today sent a letter to Minister
of Justice Gevorg Danielian and Head of Special Investigation Service
Andranik Mirzoyan. In the letter the Human Rights Defender requests
the officials to study the documents presented by journalist Larissa
Paremuzyan, institute an inquiry and punish wrongdoers.

Remind that in her letter addressed to Armen Harutiunian, reporter
of Aravot daily and hetq.am website Larissa Paremuzyan stated that
employees of Compulsory Enforcement Service (CES) had attempted to
interfere with her work at 1:30 August 27.

On August 27, Larissa Paremuzyan saw CES employees using violence
against Vanadzor citizen Anahit Margaryan.

Mrs. Paremuzyan urged them to stop brutality and recorded the
incident. Just at that moment, a CES employee grasped the camera
and handed to his co-worker ignoring Mrs. Paremuzyan’s words and
continuing illegal actions.