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YEREVAN, JULY 29, ARMENPRESS: Ruben Margaryan, the lawyer of Hrachya Harutyunyan, met with the Human Rights Defender of the Republic of Armenia Karen Andreasyan on July 29 in Yerevan. As Armenpress was reported by the Staff of the Human Rights Defender of Armenia, on the occasion of the keeping conditions of the accused and bringing him to the court in a woman’s bathrobe, Ruben Margaryan said in particular: “Recently, on July 23, I have started the case and on July 24 I got a permission to visit Hrachya Harutyunyan at the Matrosskaya Tishina isolator. On July 25 I went to see the accused personally at the isolator.
The keeping conditions of Hrachya Harutyunyan are satisfactory enough; he went out of the shock state but is still under the control of the doctors and gets the necessary medical treatment.
Concerning the circumstance of bringing Hrachya Harutyunyan to the court in a woman’s bathrobe, which raised everybody’s resentment, I am certain that the corresponding bodies will give their evaluations on the fact and such violation of the human rights will not be left without consequences. The Embassy of the Republic of Armenia to the Russian Federation has already sent a corresponding statement and I, on my behalf, will say that I will not ignore this issue. Moreover, I am going to lead the case to its logical end”.
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 30 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 Human Rights Defender of the Republic of Armenia Karen Andreasyan left for Moscow on July 21 on Hrachya Harutyunyan’s case. Karen Andreasyan was intended to meet with Hrachya Harutyunyan. The Human Rights Defender was to discuss the Armenian driver’s case with the lawyers of the latter. In the framework of the visit Karen Andreasyan was to meet as well with the officials connected with the case, the representatives of the Armenian community and other interested parties.