Human Rights activist: “Release of army victims is state secret”
Human rights activists are unable to find out the names of the ten soldiers who were killed on duty, Artur Sakunts, Head of Helsinki Citizens' Assembly Vanadzor Office, told journalists on July 29.
According to the Defense Ministry, 54 servicemen died in the army in 2010 while the HCA Vanadzor office set the death toll at 44.
"The Ministry thinks that the release of victims' list is a state secret," Sakunts said adding criminal proceedings had been instituted in connection of 15 cases.
Chairman of the Helsinki Committee of Armenia, Avetik Iskhanyan, says the investigation into the death of soldiers killed in peaceful time is carried out to conceal the crimes."
"During the investigation, all preliminary versions are refuted which arouses hopes among desperate parents. But investigators never propose new versions," he said.
Present at the discussion were the parents of Arayik Avetisyan, Tigran Ohanjanyan, Velerik Muradyan and Artak Nazaryan who were killed in the army in peaceful time.
