Crimes that Go Unpunished
00:00, February 8, 2011 | News | Right to be free from torture and inhuman or degrading treatment | PoliceOn February 5 of 2011, the RA Prosecutor General’s office rejected the complaint against the resolution on filing a criminal case by proclaiming it groundless.
The primary point is that on October 17 of 2010, G. M. gave a written notice to the Tashir Police Department that Z. Ts., accompanied by a police officer dressed in a civil uniform, went to G. M.’s house and forced him to go to the Tashir Police Department by car on October 11. According to G. M, Z. Ts took him to an isolated room in the police department and attempted to find out when G. M. was going to pay back 5500 AMD to his parents for the purchased cheese. G. M. replied that he hadn’t been paid for two months and that when he received his salary he would definitely pay Ts. back. After this confrontation, Z. Ts hit G. M. with his fist, twice in the left side of G. M.’s chest.
Two days after the incident, G. M was once again summoned to the Tashir Police Department and informed to bring his passport with him. The next day G. M went to the Tashir Police Department, where the Department Chief took G.M’s passport and made him sign a commitment document stating that he would pay 300,000 AMD for I. S’s cattle. Then the Chief took away his passport and only returned it after the intervention of HCA Vanadzor office staff members.
On December 25, 2010 RA Special Investigation Service rejected to file a criminal case because no crime was recorded in the Tashir Police Department staff’s ledger.
On January 24 of 2011 G. M’s representative, Edmon Marukyan, presented a complaint to RA Prosecutor General against the resolution taken by RA Special Investigation Service on refusing to file a criminal case.