Case Of Threats Made Against MP Zaruhi Postanjyan Now Submitted To C

CASE OF THREATS MADE AGAINST MP ZARUHI POSTANJYAN NOW SUBMITTED TO COURT OF CASSATION

05.16.2014 11:51 epress.am

The Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly (HCA) Vanadzor office submitted an
appeal in the case of Zaruhi Postanjyan to the RA Court of Cassation,
asking the higher court to annul the Court of Appeals ruling, according
to a statement [AM] on the NGO’s website.

Recall, on May 5, the RA Criminal Court of Appeal, considering HCA
Vanadzor office President Artur Sakunts’ appeal in the case against
Hayoc Artsivner (“Armenian Eagles”) NGO President Khachik Asryan
for threats he made to MP Zaruhi Postanjyan (pictured), rejected
the appeal.

The case was based on a comment Asryan made. He said: “Zaruhi
Postanjyan should be burned alive at the stake not as a Joan of Arc
but as a Ramil Safarov.” Later, Asryan said he meant not Postanjyan,
but her deed, referring to Postanjyan’s question to Armenian President
Serzh Sargsyan at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
in Strasbourg.

On October 14, 2013, the HCA Vanadzor office submitted a notice about
a crime to the RA General Prosecutor’s office. On October 31, Special
investigation Service inspector M. Babayan decided not to initiate
criminal proceedings. The inspector’s decision was appealed first
at the RA General Prosecutor’s office, where it was rejected, then
the case was taken to the Court of General Jurisdiction of Kentron
and Nork-Marash Administrative Districts of Yerevan. On March 4 this
year, the first instance court rejected the NGO’s case. Subsequently,
the RA Criminal Court of Appeal sustained the lower court ruling.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress