27/09/2013 12:21
Haykakan Zhamanak: Armenian police don’t view beating as crime
From now on, all low- and mid-level officials of various Armenian departments can freely beat people on streets of Yerevan, that is, they can hit them on the head and inflict injuries. The Armenian police don’t see elements of a crime in such actions, according to ‘Haykakan Zhamanak’ daily.
“On July 17 the head of the Yerevan Municipality’s Trade and Service Department Arman Yedoyan beat up 25-year-old balloon vendor Arsen Sakanian in Republic Square of Yerevan. The Kentron police unit began to prepare materials in connection the incident. Yet the daily’s correspondent was informed yesterday that no criminal case will be opened over Arsen Sakanian’s beating,” the paper says.