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YEREVAN, JULY 19, ARMENPRESS: The Human Rights Defender of the Republic of Armenia Karen Andreasyan will leave for Moscow on July 21 on Hrachya Harutyunyan’s case. As Armenpress was reported by the Staff of the Human Rights Defender, Karen Andreasyan is intended to meet with Hrachya Harutyunyan. The Human Rights Defender will discuss the Armenian driver’s case with the lawyers of the latter. In the framework of the visit Karen Andreasyan will meet as well with the officials connected with the case, the representatives of the Armenian community and other interested parties.
On July 13 at 13:00 in New Moscow, nearby the Podolsk Village, Kamaz truck came out of the second line and crashed into a bus driving from Podolsk to Kurilovo, sharing it into two parts. In the result of the car accident 18 people died and more than 60 were wounded. The driver of the truck Hrachya Harutyunyan was accused of the violation of the traffic security rules, causing the death of two or more people. Two-month detention was imposed to the Armenian. He was taken to the court in a woman’s bathrobe. On that ocassion a protest action was held in front of the Russian Embassy to Armenia, during which the protesters demanded protection of human rights and a proper attitude towards the citizen of the Republic of Armenia. On July 16 the Human Rights Defender of the Republic of Armenia Karen Andreasyan sent an official letter to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Lukin requesting for the protection of the dignity and other rights of Hrachya Harutyunyan. The Office of the Human Rights Defender of the Russian Federation promised during the next week to respond the letter.