“When they kill your child, they kill you”
The names of the 10 victims of March 1 were heard once again during a liturgy in memory of maestro Ohan Duryan, actress Tatevik Ghaplanyan and translator Anahit Bayandur at the Catholic Church in central Yerevan.
The liturgy came as a surprise for the relatives of the victims. "We were notified from the Armenian National Congress. We wouldn't be surprised if the authorities closed down the Catholic Church after this liturgy," Alla Hovhannisyan, mother of victim Tigran Khachatryan told "A1+". She also deemed it necessary to warn the authorities that the parents are fighting for the revelation of their children's murders. "When they kill your child, they kill you and you have nothing else to lose."
Sargis Kloyan, father of victim Gor Kloyan doesn't believe the 10 murders of March 1 will be revealed during the current regime. Kloyan and the rest of the relatives say their only hope is change of power.
"They know everything very well. They should look for the marksmen and the one who gave the command among themselves," said Armen Farmanyan's father Vachagan Farmanyan.
After the liturgy at the Catholic Church, the relatives of the victims movted toward the CE Office in Yerevan where they handed a letter demanding a meeting with the CE Human Rights Commissioner Thomas Hammarberg who will visit Armenia for three days.
"Hammarberg is the only representative of the European organizations who has raised the issue of revealing the 10 murders of March 1 and has considered the presence of political prisoners as a political vendetta. He was the one who called on the Armenian authorities to create a Fact-Finding Group, which the authorities suspended. Mr. Hammarberg instills hope in us," Alla Hovhannisyan told "A1+" after handing the letter.
