Protesters demand persecution for ex-MP Hayrapetyan over doctor’s deathJuly 4, 2012 - 15:01 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On Wednesday, July 4 protesters gathered at Armenia’s parliament building to rally over the death of a doctor beaten by ex-MP Ruben Hayrapetyan’s bodyguard. The demonstrators, carrying “No to Impunity,” “Parliament Mustn’t Rest When We’re Getting Killed” signs, demanded for Hayrapetyan to renounce Football Federation of Armenia president’s post in addition to deputy mandate he gave up. Those gathered urged for Hayrapetyan’s persecution, maintaining that stripping of a deputy mandate alone won’t solve the problem. Rally participants further demanded the case to be transferred to special investigative service to secure unbiased probe. As Armenian National Congress (ANC) opposition bloc representatives, Ruben Zurabyan and Aram Manukyan noted during the rally, Prosperous Party of Armenia, ANC, Heritage and ARF Dashnaktsutyun parliamentary groups initiated a special hearing involving law enforcement officials. “Hayrapetryan’s giving up his deputy mandate is a result of your struggle,” Zurabyan told rally participants. “We can’t stop until we achieve a just punishment for those guilty, including Hayrapetyan.” On July 3, FFA president, MP Ruben Hayrapetyan gave up his deputy mandate. The step followed the tragic incident at Hayrapetyan-owned Harsnakar restaurant, where his bodyguards beat 3 military doctors, with one of them having died while in coma. Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |