Hammarberg to receive victims' relatives
This morning, the relatives of the 10 victims of 1 March 2008 were informed that Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe Thomas Hammarberg is willing to meet with them this evening at 20:00 p.m.
This comes after the victims' relatives handed a letter to the CE Office in Yerevan, asking a meeting with Mr. Hammarberg during his three-day visit to Yerevan.
"The CE Office in Yerevan today informed that Mr. Hammarberg is going to be extremely busy and will be able to receive us only at 20:00. The office representatives apologized for the hour on behalf of Mr. Hammarberg, but we are very grateful. We understand and are willing to meet with Mr. Hammarberg at any moment.
Out of all the representatives of international organizations, Mr. Hammarberg is the only one who listened to us, raised the issue of revealing the murders of our children and didn't avoid calling those arrested for their political views on 1 March 2008 as "political prisoners," Alla Hovhannisyan, mother of victim Tigran Khachatryan, told "A1+" today.
The relatives of the other victims of March 1 will also be attending the meeting with Hammarberg.
