Director of the Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly Vanadzor Office Arthur Sakunts and lawyer of the same office Arayik Zalyan are involved in the murder case of seven members of the Avetisyan family as representatives of legal successors of the victim. In conversation with Aravot.am, Arthur Sakunts said that the investigator has presented them the activities conducted by the investigation body, which were made available to the victim’s legal successor and his representatives. “We are talking about the decisions of criminal proceedings and bringing accusations. We got also acquainted with about 43 investigations. When we attended the general meeting with the victim’s legal successors and Vice Chairman of the Investigative Committee, at that time, we had already published our questions in writing that were addressed to the preliminary investigation body, we wanted to clarify additional matters.
The matter is about receiving information on the criminal case for violation or an attempt of violation of Armenia’s state border and implementation of an investigation for identifying the results of using an automatic weapon by Permyakov who currently is the only culprit.” To the question of how he assesses the actions that took place prior to it, Arthur Sakunts replied, “Given the volume of the materials or the limit of the possibility, which is available to the Investigative Committee, all necessary expertise are conducted from this perspective. But given the fact that he, the main suspect, and many-many other issues related to him are beyond the jurisdiction of the investigative body, in this regard by the same content, no. At this point, we state that the fact of Permyakov’s being under the Russian law enforcement custody has a significant negative impact on the effectiveness of the investigation, as well as on the objectivity and comprehensiveness.”
Ami CHICHAKYAN
