Woman Accused Of Abusing Daughter-In-Law Extradited From Russia, Arr

WOMAN ACCUSED OF ABUSING DAUGHTER-IN-LAW EXTRADITED FROM RUSSIA, ARRESTED IN ARMENIA

epress.am
12.13.2011

Haykanush Mikaelyan, 48, accused of torturing her 20-year-old
daughter-in-law Mariam Gevorgyan, arrived in Armenia on a
Moscow-Yerevan flight at 8:30 pm last night and was subsequently
arrested, said head of the Public Relations Department at Yerevan~Rs
Kentron Police Department Armen Malkhasyan, speaking to Epress.am.

Mikaelyan has been wanted since Jan. 21, 2011, under charges of
RA Criminal Code Article 112 Section 2 (~Sinfliction of willful
[life-threatening] bodily damage to two or more persons~T).

Recall, Mariam Gevorgyan is asserting that she was subjected to
physical and emotional violence by Haykanush Mikaelyan, as well as
by Gevorgyan~Rs husband, David Ziroyan. As reported previously,
Mariam and David married in 2009, then left for St. Petersburg,
where the husband~Rs family live. For 10 months, Mariam was subject to
repeated abuse by David and members of his family. After returning to
Yerevan, Mariam contacted police, who subsequently charged David with
~Sinflicting willful medium-gravity damage to health~T and ~Sbattery~T.

The general amnesty granted by Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan on the
occasion of the 20th anniversary of Armenia~Rs independence earlier
this year, however, also applied to David and he was released. Prior
to marrying Mariam, David was married for 3 years to Monica, who
also asserts he abused her, leading to the loss of vision in one of
her eyes.

The case, however, was made public only a year later, when last
week local daily Hetq Online covered Mariam~Rs story. Subsequently,
the Coalition to Stop Violence Against Women in Armenia organized a
demonstration outside the RA General Prosecutor~Rs office Monday,
demanding officials to re-open the case and conduct a fair
investigation.

Later on Monday, Mariam Gevorgyan and Coalition representatives were
invited to come speak with RA Deputy Prosecutor General Armen Danielyan
and head of the RA Prosecutor General Office~Rs Department for Crimes
against the Individual Vahram Shahinyan, who assured them that the
case has been re-opened and the Armenian General Prosecutor~Rs Office
is overseeing the matter.