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 Wednesday, May 14 2025 12:59
Alexandr Avanesov

Police officers will sooner or later be called to account - lawyer 

Police officers will sooner or later be called to account - lawyer 

ArmInfo.  Sooner or later, bringing police officers to justice is inevitable. This was written on his Facebook page by lawyer Erik Aleksanyan, speaking about the case against Levon Kocharyan, a member of the National Assembly of  the Republic of Armenia and the son of the second President of the  Republic of Armenia Robert Kocharyan.

As the lawyer notes, he appealed to the Prosecutor General of the  Republic of Armenia and the Chairman of the Investigative Committee  of the Republic of Armenia in order to clarify the situation with the  Levon Kocharyan case, in which the latter has the status of a victim.

Erik Aleksanyan emphasized that the public saw how police officers  subjected Levon Kocharyan to violence, during the investigation,  persons were questioned who confirmed this fact, and the presence of  traces of violence and bodily injuries on Levon Kocharyan's body was  also confirmed by a forensic medical examination, however, since  September 2024, the police officers have not been held accountable.

"Moreover, the Chairman of the RA Investigative Committee stated  during the National Assembly session that for taking effective  measures in such cases, the conclusion of a forensic medical  examination is of great importance, which is present in Levon  Kocharyan's case, but in the MP's case this approach is clearly  ignored, and an absurd attempt is made to present the reality as if  the traces of violence on Levon Kocharyan's body appeared in the  conditions of self-mutilation," the lawyer noted.

In his postscript, he added that the criminal case was initiated on  the fact of torture, which, by the way, has no statute of  limitations, so sooner or later the police will be held accountable.

Kocharyan Jr. was detained on September 23 during an opposition  protest. On September 25, the court arrested him. He was charged with  beating four police officers. On November 6, Levon Kocharyan was  released from custody, since by the decision of the Central Election  Commission he received a parliamentary mandate, which other MPs  refused.  

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