"I've heard that my brother wasn't the first victim [of police torture] and that there have been such cases before," Ghulyan's grieving sister Marine told RFE/RL. "I don't know what the relatives [of other victims] did. I am appealing to them to join us in fighting against such injustice." "Let my brother be the last victim," she added.
Levon Ghulyan died in mysterious circumstances on Saturday [12 May 2007] while being questioned by the police as a presumed witness of a deadly gunfight in Yerevan reported earlier last week. The police claim that during the interrogation the 30-year-old father of two tried to escape through a window but slipped and fell to the ground from the second floor of a police building in Yerevan. Ghulyan's close relatives strongly deny this version of events, saying that he was tortured to death by police interrogators. State prosecutors have launched a criminal inquiry into the incident which has cast a fresh spotlight on the problem of police brutality in Armenia. Local and international watchdogs say the practice is widespread.
RFE/RL (Radio Liberty Armenia): Armenian Police Accused Of Deadly Torture (in English)
Levon Ghulyan died in mysterious circumstances on Saturday [12 May 2007] while being questioned by the police as a presumed witness of a deadly gunfight in Yerevan reported earlier last week. The police claim that during the interrogation the 30-year-old father of two tried to escape through a window but slipped and fell to the ground from the second floor of a police building in Yerevan. Ghulyan's close relatives strongly deny this version of events, saying that he was tortured to death by police interrogators. State prosecutors have launched a criminal inquiry into the incident which has cast a fresh spotlight on the problem of police brutality in Armenia. Local and international watchdogs say the practice is widespread.
RFE/RL (Radio Liberty Armenia): Armenian Police Accused Of Deadly Torture (in English)
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Golos Armenii: Who will be accounted for his death? (in Russian)
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A1+: "It was murder, not suicide" (in Armenian)
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Hetq: "My brother was killed in police station" (in Armenian)
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Tirami su: Murder in the 6th Department in the Ministry of Internal Affairs (open letter of relatives) (in English)
A1+: "It was murder, not suicide" (in Armenian)
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Hetq: "My brother was killed in police station" (in Armenian)
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Tirami su: Murder in the 6th Department in the Ministry of Internal Affairs (open letter of relatives) (in English)
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Armenian blogger Kornelij Glas launched email campaign demanding police to provide with information on steps to reveal those reponsible for the death of Levon Ghulyan.
«Պարոն Ոստիկանապետ,
Այսօր կարդացի «Գոլոս Արմենիի» թերթի հետևյալ հոդվածը՝ http://www.golos.am/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8057&Itemid=37 , և կուզեի իմանալ ինչ քայլեր են ձեռնարկվում Լևոն Ղուլյանի մահվան հետ կապված դեպքի մեղավորներին պարզաբանելու և պատժելու համար։_____ / _____» (date, your name)
Այսօր կարդացի «Գոլոս Արմենիի» թերթի հետևյալ հոդվածը՝ http://www.golos.am/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8057&Itemid=37 , և կուզեի իմանալ ինչ քայլեր են ձեռնարկվում Լևոն Ղուլյանի մահվան հետ կապված դեպքի մեղավորներին պարզաբանելու և պատժելու համար։_____ / _____» (date, your name)
(via tirami su and Bekaisa)
Today relatives, friends, human right activists gathered in front of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Yerevan condemning murder and demanding justice. Tirami su published pictures from this demonstration:
I want to express my solidarity with relatives, friends, anyone who value human rights in voicing the following demand:
We urgently demand from the RA police and from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to provide detailed infomation about the last three dayes of Levon's life he had to spend in their custody. It is necessary to allow an independant medical examination of Levon´s body in order to determine the cause of his death.
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