Hrachya Harutyunyan’s detention extends to October 3, 2014

YEREVAN, APRIL 11, ARMENPRESS. Today the court of Troitsk region in Moscow held the hearings on the preliminary stage of the trial on Hrachya Harutyunyan’s case. The lawyer of Hrachya Harutyunyan Ruben Margaryan introduced the details of the session by the urgent order of Armenia’s Ombudsman Karen Andreasyan.

The Staff of the Human Right Defender of the Republic of Armenia informed Armenpress that in the result of the session it became clear that the detention of Hrachya Harutyunyan was extended until October 3, 2014. The names of those people who were recognized as sufferers having got injuries of average weight were taken out of the list of sufferers introduced by the preliminary examination body as “falsely included”.

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.