The European Court of Human Rights made a judgment on Virabyan vs. Armenia case on October 2. Former supporter of the People’s Party of Armenia G. Virabyan’s case has been under the consideration of the European Court since 2005. G. Virabyan will get €31 thousand in compensation, of which 25 thousand will be for moral damage.
We congratulated counselor Tigran Ter-Yesayan who had filed a petition in the ECHR regarding the Virabyan case. In response to our question on what points in the case he had made a special emphasis, he said that they had appealed the decision on inhuman treatment, torture, discrimination, rights to freedom of movement and vote.
T. Ter-Yesayan informed that during the events of April 2004 (after the presidential election), the local police staff of the Ararat region inflicted serious bodily injuries on G. Virabyan, as a result of which he underwent serious surgery. His case was not considered in the Republic of Armenia and as Ter-Yesayan says, the European Court paid particular attention to the torture and discrimination against G. Virabyan. According to the counselor, the victim’s statement was disregarded in Armenia, the case was not considered, since it was related to his political activities. Ter-Yesayan is satisfied with the decision of the European Court, regardless of the fact that it wasn’t an easy victory and took 8 years.
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Ter-Yesayan expressed his sincere gratitude to the press, Aravot, which were able to cover the events that took place in 2003-04, expressed gratitude to the newspapers that covered the events that took place at the time with reservations.
According to him, the consideration of the petitions against Armenia regarding the events of 2003-04 (the cases of the supporters of 5 parties) was finished.
Ruzan MINASYAN
