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Pastinfo.am: Avetik Budaghyan's father files complaint with European Court of Human Rights

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Emil Budaghyan, the father of Avetik Budaghyan killed in a shootout near the house of governor of Syunik province Surik Khachatryan in June 2013, has filed a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights. Talking to PastInfo News Agency, Lawyer Hayk Alumyan, who represents the interests of the Budaghyan family, said they asked the Court to recognize violations of human rights prescribed by Articles 6 (1 and 2), 2 and 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights Article 6 of the Convention states that everyone is entitled to a fair and public hearing within a reasonable time by an independent and impartial tribunal established by law. Under Article 6(2), everyone charged with a criminal offence shall be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law.