Candlelight vigil for Vaahe Avetyan
A candlelight vigil is scheduled to be held this evening in front of the Harsnakar restaurant in Yerevan in commemoration of military physician Vahe Avetyan.
Vahe Avetyan, an Armenian military doctor, father of two, was beaten to his death at the restaurant owned by notorious oligarch Ruben Hayrapetyan (Nemets Rubo), President of the Armenian Football Federation and a member of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia.
This candlelight vigil starts at 7.00 p.m. it will be followed by a protest march to the neighbouring Avan district, where Hayrapetyan lives.
Vahe Avetyan died on June 29, 2012 in coma, from brain injury. He was assaulted at the Harsnakar Restaurant on June 17, allegedly first by a waiter who refused to admit him because he was wearing sports gear, and then by security guards, who also beat two other army doctors who were with Avetyan. Avetyan died 12 days later in hospital without ever regaining consciousness. His death received much publicity and media attention in different circles. In September 2012, Hayrapetyan tendered his resignation as a member of parliament following Avetyan'smurder at his Harsnakar restaurant.
