RA Court of Appeal Dismissed the Appeal on Case of Victim of Violence Witnesses
13:14, January 22, 2015 | News, Own news | Right to be free from torture and inhuman or degrading treatment, Right to Fair Trial, Rights of Soldiers/Recruits | Armed Forces, Hayk Kaleyan
On January 22, 2015, the RA Criminal Court of Appeal, presided by judge A. Petrosyan, announced his ruling on the appeal of Artur Sakunts, representative of Merujan Kaleyan. In particular, the court dismissed the appeal by upholding the judicial act by the RA Syunik Marz (region) First Instance Court of general jurisdiction dated September 22, 2014.
Note that during the trial examination of the criminal case on Hayk Kaleyan’s (conscript at military unit N at NKR Defense Army) death, witness Armen Bozoyan claimed having been kept in the military police, along with other 3 witnesses for over 10 days, as well as suffering beatings and violence and being forced to write their testimonies as dictated by the investigator. Based on the relevant crime report by A. Sakunts, representative of the successor to Haik Kaleyan, criminal proceedings were initiated that were later discontinued. The ruling on discontinuing the criminal proceedings was later appealed with the RA Syunik Marz First Instance Court of general jurisdiction which upheld the ruling.
The judicial act by the RA Criminal Court of Appeal will be published upon its receipt as prescribed by law.