10 drams for moral damage compensation
The court of general jurisdiction of Kentron and Nork-Marash districts of Yerevan held its first session to examine the appeal filed by Armenian National Congress (HAK) activist Tigran Arakelyan.
The HAK activist demands compensation for moral and material damage caused during the illegitimate persecution against him, as well as recognition of the fact that his rights were violated and an apology from the inquiry body.
Tigran Arakelyan had been illegally deprived of his liberty for three months since July 5, 2009, after which the court had changed his precautionary measure to imprisonment. On 19 April 2010, Tigran Arakelyan was acquitted since the criminals didn't show up to court. He was charged with applying force against a state representative.
During today's trial, Judge Ruben Nersisyan acknowledged RA Chief of Police Alik Sargsyan, former Head of the Kentron Police Division Ashot Karapetyan and the Ministry of Finance as the defendants.
"They have to compensate for the money I paid my attorney for a year. As compensation for moral damage, I demand not 3 or 6 million drams, but just a symbolic 10 drams," Tigran Arakelyan told "A1+".
The persons whom the court acknowledged as the defendants should show up to court during the next trial on July 28.
