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    Emil Lazarian
  • 5 years ago
    • Categories: 2021

Yerevan court rules to end prosecution of Serzh Sargsyan’s nephew

Panorama, Armenia
June 1 2021

Judge Anna Danibekyan of the Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction on Tuesday ruled to end the criminal prosecution of Hayk Sargsyan, a nephew of Armenia’s second President Serzh Sargsyan.

He was acquitted of illegal arms possession, while the charge of attempted murder under Article 235 of Armenia’s Criminal Code was replaced with a charge under Article 120 – negligently causing serious bodily injury.

However, the statute of limitations was applied in that case, in fact leading to the end of the prosecution against Hayk Sargsyan.

Emil Lazarian: “I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS