ECHR launches proceedings on Azeri killings of Armenian soldiers in 2016 incursion

YEREVAN, APRIL 3, ARMENPRESS. The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has launched proceedings over Grigor Narayan and others vs. Azerbaijan, a case concerning the killings of three Armenian soldiers in December of 2016 committed by Azerbaijani troops during an incursion in Chinari, Tavush province, Armenia.

The case relates to Article 2 (Right to life) of the European Convention on Human Rights.

The families of the killed soldiers – Edgar Narayan, Erik Abovyan and Shavarsh Melikyan – submitted the case.

Artak Zeynalyan and Ara Ghazaryan are representing the applicants in ECHR.

English –translator/editor: Stepan Kocharyan