Army Conscripts Jailed for Life in Murder Trial
Armenia liberty reports:
You may remember a while back when 2 bodies were found in a resevoir in Nagorno Karabagh, and they had been clearly beaten and killed. 3 youths were questioned and a videotaped confession was recorded by one of the youths, Razmik Sargsian, aged 20. He claims that the confession was made a a result of hours of torture and threats of rape, he also claims that Armenia’s chief Prosecutor personally punched him in the face.
The three youths have been sentenced to life in prison for the charges. I do not know the details of this case, but the previous Ombudsman Larisa Alaverdyan has stated publicly that there is clear evidence of torture and such allegations should have been treated far more seriously. The defence is convinced that the youths are innocent, and that the murder was commited by higher members of the military structure in Karabagh.
An interesting statistic is also brought forward, it is now statistically more likely for an Armenian conscript to get killed or injured by one of his own than an enemy attack. This is both worrying and shameful. I hope that the true perpatrators of this crime are eventually brought to justice. Although we can currently only hope.
hmmmm…??? How can we blame the government on this one? Ok guys run your engines!
Comment by Ruzanna — 6/2/2006 @ 5:47 am
When there are deaths in the military and allegations of torture being used to extract confessions (and in Armenia’s case, Human Rights Watch says it is the main way that confessions are extracted in custody), I think any government in any country guilty of such things can be blamed.
I mean, who’s in control? Really. Who?
Comment by Onnik Krikorian — 6/2/2006 @ 9:15 am
Army Scapegoats Sentenced to Life?
I missed this story when it came out last Thursday, but it came up in discussion with RFE/RL’s Emil Danielyan last night and I did see that Blogrel posted something on this rather concerning story. As most parents will tell you, the last place t…
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