Armenia`s former human rights defender on political patronage of  impunity 

ArmInfo. The political patronage of the authorities ensures impunity for police officers who break the  law. Former Armenian Ombudsman Arman Tatoyan wrote on his Facebook account. 

"Nowadays, the political patronage of the red and black berets is  especially obvious: they openly commit crimes in front of cameras and  go unpunished, brutally beat people in large groups, humiliate them,  etc.  The most that is done is an official investigation without  clear results, let's say "to avoid criminal prosecution, in order to  'close the topic,'" notes the ex-ombudsman.

In the case of protesters, the picture is completely different,  Tatoyan notes. "Regardless of whether there are grounds or not,  without ensuring minimum rights, without even trying to find out the  role of the provocateurs, the rally participants are immediately  brought in en masse, and arrests in criminal cases are carried out at  lightning speed. Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan's statements that  violence should be excluded and that among the rally participants  there are provocateurs who have nothing to do with the rally are not  taken into account. One of the tasks of the police is to identify and  isolate provocateurs," the human rights activist emphasizes.

According to him, yesterday's reprehensible and shameful phenomenon  stems from political patronage of the illegal actions of the police  "red berets" and "black berets", when, as lawyer Ruben Melikyan  informed, they brutally beat the humble clergyman Deacon Daniel, who  has humility and other Christian virtues, with mockingly repeating  "holy father, holy father," as a result of which Deacon Daniel ended  up in the hospital with various physical injuries.

"To do this, either by law or by international rules, responsibility  must be implemented within the framework of criminal proceedings,"  noted the former Human Rights Commissioner of Armenia.

On May 31, the Tavush for the Motherland movement held a rally near  the building of the Armenian Foreign Ministry, demanding a meeting  with the minister to comment on recent statements by the leaders of  Turkey and Azerbaijan. The ministry refused to meet with the  protesters, and they demanded to be allowed into the building. There  was a collision. According to the Investigative Committee of Armenia,  the protesters threw stones, containers of water and other objects at  the police. 28 protesters were detained.  Among those detained are  member of the initiative council, participant in the 44-day war David  Aristakesyan, and ex-Deputy Minister of Agriculture Ashot  Harutyunyan. Deacon Daniel Gevorkyan and doctor Nikolai Grigoryan  were released this morning.