SIS on videos of March 1
The RA Special Investigative Service has given clarifications regarding the videos posted on the Internet.
On 16 June 2011, another video showing the mass disturbances that took place in Yerevan on 1-2 March 2008 was posted on youtube.com.
In addition to previous statements, the RA Special Investigative Service reaffirms that any information regarding the events that took place on 1-2 March 2008 is important for the preliminary inquiry.
All videos posted on the Internet to this day, which had previously not been at the preliminary inquiry body's disposal, have been properly studied and turned into a topic for investigation.
It is unacceptable to see that the mentioned videos contain false, groundless commentaries, which pursue political goals and give way to speculations.
In particular, the video called "Samvel Harutyunyan's execution...01.03.2008" was posted on youtube.com on 6 June 2011, but there is no episode showing Samvel Harutyunyan or the fact that he was murdered. What's more, according to the conclusion of the forensic medicine examination, Samvel Harutyunan received an injury by using a sharp object, and died later from overall intoxication of his organism at the hospital.
As far as the other video posted on youtube.com on 16 June 2011, in the sense of evidence, it only confirms the facts that have already been found and confirmed through a preliminary inquiry, according to which Grigor Gevorgyan's body was transferred to the forensic medicine examinations center from the shoe repair kiosk located near the sidewalk in front of the Paronyan and Leo intersection.
Once again, we call on the persons who taped the videos to present the preliminary inquiry body with the videos in their entirety. This may be useful for specifying certain facts.
The preliminary inquiry body is also willing to interrogate the authors of the videos who can clarify the significance of the materials and evaluate them in terms of evidence.
Incompetent and uninteresting commentaries are only aimed at distorting the events, the circumstances and mislead the public.
