Military Police Beat Soldier Severely

MILITARY POLICE BEAT SOLDIER SEVERELY

Story from Lragir.am News:

Published: 12:12:50 – 16/03/2012

An outrageous case in the Military Police of Yerevan garrison of
the Armed Forces became known. On March 14 a group of soldiers were
arrested and beaten cruelly for a scuffle which happened a month ago
(please note this fact).

The initiative We’ll Not Silence has learned that the chief of the
Military Police of Yerevan garrison R. Nersisyan, the head of the
criminal investigation unit H. Vopanyan and the investigator of the
investigative unit A. Avagyan were involved in this bullying case.

One of the soldiers named Arsen of Sevan Town was injured more than
the others. To make him keep silent after beating him he was sent
back to the military unit and sent home on vacation and told him not
to tell anyone about it.

The behavior of the commander of the military unit is even more
disgusting. Not to spoil his relations with the Military Police, he
agreed to enter into this dirty game and accepted the beaten soldier
from the hands of the military police and sent him home.

It is notable that Arsen is now a witness to the scuffle case which
happened a month ago.

We would also like to note that bullying soldiers is a usual practice
in the Armenian army. It is especially frequent in the military units
of Nagorno-Karabakh where young people serve whose parents have
no influential connections. Bully officers feel free there. Even
if the high-ranking militaries at the general staff try to change
something but fail, they should admit they cannot keep the situation
under control.

One can imagine what is happening in remote military units and military
police stations. The only solution to this is not to keep silent. Our
young men must serve in the army without any problems.

We’ll Not Silence Initiative