INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS REQUIRE TO CONDUCT INVESTIGATION WITH RESPECT TO THE GUILTY WHO GARBLED THE CASE OF AN ORDINARY ARMENIAN VILLAGER

ArmInfo
2010-03-10 12:47:00

ArmInfo. FIDH and CSI calls upon the Armenian authorities to o
launch a thorough, immediate, effective and impartial investigation
in relation to tortures and inhuman treatment with resident of the
village Katnaghbyur, in Aragatsotn region, Sasha Davtyan by the law
machinery. He just wanted justice – to reveal those guilty for the
rape of his daughter. However, the case was turned against him!

As a result, Sasha Davtyan was accused of torturing his under-aged
daughters and raping one of them, and was imprisoned from May 8,
2009, to February 26, 2010. In December, 2009, the General Court of
Aragatsotn region acquitted S. Davtyan in part of raping an under-aged
girl and sentenced to 4 years of imprisonment according to the article
. The judge Ruzanna Barseghyan delivered a judgment, according to which
she recognized inadmissible the fact that preliminary testimonies were
taken from the aggrieved persons – Tehmine and Shushan Davtyan with
violation of the law requirements. It was established in the court
that the police obtained the testimonies it needed, as a result of
torture and degrading treatment of the girls.

S. Davtyan was also subjected to tortures and in the Police of the
Center and said during the judicial process that he was cruelly
beaten and had to sign the documents he was presented. The human
rights activists, who visited S. Davtyan in the court, made sure of
it by themselves.

International human rights activists FIDH and CSI called on the
Armenian authorities to find the real perpetrators of the rape of S.

Davtyan’s daughter and bring them to justice. Moreover, the
human rights activists require to reopen an investigation on Sasha
Davtyan’s involvement in the case, not taking into account his previous
confessions which were given under psychological and physical duress
and insure him a fair and impartial trial.