{"id":50273,"date":"2010-12-10T04:57:00","date_gmt":"2010-12-10T04:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.epress.am\/2010\/12\/10\/only-members-of-presidential-administration-protected-in-armenia-human-rights-activist\/"},"modified":"2010-12-10T04:57:00","modified_gmt":"2010-12-10T04:57:00","slug":"only-members-of-presidential-administration-protected-in-armenia-human-rights-activist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/2010\/12\/10\/only-members-of-presidential-administration-protected-in-armenia-human-rights-activist.html","title":{"rendered":"Only Members of Presidential Administration Protected in Armenia: Human Rights Activist"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Basically, in our country, a man can be protected if he’s a member of the presidential administration, and more so, the police chief can even stupidly say there’s no victim and no criminal case will be launched. Chorni Gago [the less-than-flattering nickname used to refer to former Yerevan mayor Gagik Beglaryan] infringed upon the presidential apparatus. But it’s permitted for Osipovi, Bazazi to beat citizens,” head of the Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly Vanadzor office Artur Sakunts told journalists at a press conference in Yerevan today, referring to Beglaryan’s resignation. <\/p>\n

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According to human rights attorney Edmon Marukyan, who was also at today’s press conference, the mayor shouldn’t have resigned: a criminal case should’ve been launched, he should’ve been sentenced and with the fact of that sentence, he would’ve been released from his duties and a new mayor would’ve been appointed.<\/p>\n

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“This is a crime, what does it have to do with a dismissal; everyone’s saying he was punished, being punished is being accountable to RA legislation, not being dismissed,” he said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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