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This is the first case in Armenia when a human rights defender is detained. It came as a warning sign that the Armenian authorities have now started to exert the pressure on human rights defenders after having clamped down on the political opposition and the critical media. On June 12 the members of the South Caucasus Network of Human Rights Defenders protested against the unlawful and ill-grounded detention of Arshaluys Hakobyan in the Statement addressing the President of the Republic of Armenia Serj Sargsyan, Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Gevorg Danielyan, Prosecution …

This is the first case in Armenia when a human rights defender is detained. It came as a warning sign that the Armenian authorities have now started to exert the pressure on human rights defenders after having clamped down on the political opposition and the critical media. On June 12 the members of the South Caucasus Network of Human Rights Defenders protested against the unlawful and ill-grounded detention of Arshaluys Hakobyan in the Statement addressing the President of the Republic of Armenia Serj Sargsyan, Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Gevorg Danielyan, Prosecution …

  The commencement of a criminal case instituted against Mariam Sukhudyan, one of the leaders of ecological movement is another vivid manifestation of policy of impatience towards the dissidence. We, the undersigned non-governmental organizations of Armenia which are members of South Caucasian Network of Human Rights Defenders demand the competent bodies to stop the criminal case instituted against Mariam Sukhudyan, demand the competent bodies to punish the ones who instituted the criminal case address the international organizations with a request to support our demands and exert pressure …

  The commencement of a criminal case instituted against Mariam Sukhudyan, one of the leaders of ecological movement is another vivid manifestation of policy of impatience towards the dissidence. We, the undersigned non-governmental organizations of Armenia which are members of South Caucasian Network of Human Rights Defenders demand the competent bodies to stop the criminal case instituted against Mariam Sukhudyan, demand the competent bodies to punish the ones who instituted the criminal case address the international organizations with a request to support our demands and exert pressure …

  The commencement of a criminal case instituted against Mariam Sukhudyan, one of the leaders of ecological movement is another vivid manifestation of policy of impatience towards the dissidence. We, the undersigned non-governmental organizations of Armenia which are members of South Caucasian Network of Human Rights Defenders demand the competent bodies to stop the criminal case instituted against Mariam Sukhudyan, demand the competent bodies to punish the ones who instituted the criminal case address the international organizations with a request to support our demands and exert pressure …

Now she is accused of Article 333, part 1, point 3 of the Criminal Code of Armenia (False Denunciation) which provides up to 5 years of imprisonment. On November 2008 Haylur program (National TV Station of Armenia) broadcast a video material about the morals of Nubarashen Special School No. 11, particularly about sexual harassments done by teacher Levon Avagyan toward children of the school. However, an accusation is brought against the video operator of that video material Mariam Sukhudyan. A day later Mariam and her friends were called to the Investigation Department of Erebuni district i…

Now she is accused of Article 333, part 1, point 3 of the Criminal Code of Armenia (False Denunciation) which provides up to 5 years of imprisonment. On November 2008 Haylur program (National TV Station of Armenia) broadcast a video material about the morals of Nubarashen Special School No. 11, particularly about sexual harassments done by teacher Levon Avagyan toward children of the school. However, an accusation is brought against the video operator of that video material Mariam Sukhudyan. A day later Mariam and her friends were called to the Investigation Department of Erebuni district i…

Now she is accused of Article 333, part 1, point 3 of the Criminal Code of Armenia (False Denunciation) which provides up to 5 years of imprisonment. On November 2008 Haylur program (National TV Station of Armenia) broadcast a video material about the morals of Nubarashen Special School No. 11, particularly about sexual harassments done by teacher Levon Avagyan toward children of the school. However, an accusation is brought against the video operator of that video material Mariam Sukhudyan. A day later Mariam and her friends were called to the Investigation Department of Erebuni district i…

  2. The existence of the scars on the victim’s body are consistent with the application of blunt physical force, during which the victim’s head was apparently not covered by a helmet. This fact was openly disregarded by the forensic medical expert, who, while mentioning the wounds, failed to reveal the mechanism and the timing of their appearance. 3. The government’s forensic experts have been clearly defending a single line: to exclude everything that could confirm the fact of point-blank fire, as well as the application of blunt physical force, and to affirm the official version by blu…