Govt. to compensate Euro 6 thous. to Karabakh veteran - paper

PanARMENIAN.Net - According to Haykakan Zhamanak daily, the European Court for Human Rights (ECHR) has issued two decrees against Armenia.

The first decree acquitted Karabakh war veteran Zhirayr Sefilyan, ordering the government of Armenia to remunerate him Euro 6 thousand for violations committed during the investigation of his case.

Sefilyan was arrested in December 2006 and accused for making public appeals on changing the constitutional order through violence. On August 6, 2007, Sefilyan was found not guilty of issuing anti-constitutional statements. However, he was accused of illegal possession of a weapon and given 1.5 years in jail.

According to ECHR decree, Euro 25 thous. in compensation should be remunerated to a member of the People's Party of Armenia Grisha Virabyan.

In Virabyan case, ECHR accused the government of giving false explanations concerning the bodily damage inflicted on him on April 23, 2004 in Artashat police department.