Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Vladimir Mirimanov: Avetyan List Must be Enforced
With great pain and suffering we read the Open Letter of Nvard Avetyan during our meeting of the initiative group of our social and political organization “Truth and Initiative.” We express to Nvard our sincere condolences on the tragic death of her brother, Vahe. We have decided to fully support the conclusions, proposals and requirements listed in her Open Letter. The author of the Open Letter asked for creation of the Avetyan List, which is created by analogy with ”Magnitsky list”, we decided to join their support group and combine our effort in promoting it.
“Magnitsky Act” is supposed to enforce sanctions against those in Russia who are responsible for violations of human rights and international laws. This list contains the names of 60 officials of the Interior Ministry, the FSB, the Arbitration Court, the General Prosecutor’s Office and the Federal Penitentiary, and a brief description of each of the persons responsible for the detention of the mistreatment and death of Sergei Magnitsky. The people in that “black list” will not be able to receive visas to any of the European countries or the United States.
In April 2010, a member of the U.S. Senate Benjamin Cardin introduced this proposal. In May of the same year, the family of the late S. Magnitsky received official condolences from President Barack Obama. In September 2010, the U.S. Congress voted to approve the initiative of Senator Cardin. ‘Magnitsky Act” approved by the U.S. Senate in its new version has major additions: it is directed against human right violators and human right abusers not only in Russia, but all over the world.
Recently there was another black page written in the history of the Armenian people. Vahe Avetisyan – a very valuable member of the society, a man of a humane profession, who was in the military during the most difficult years for the country was brutally murdered in Armenia. 32-year-old Major of the Medical Service, chief of the military hospital, who was the best representative of the citizens of Armenia, was killed. Killed by whom? By a gang of beasts led by Ruben Hayrapetyan – Member of the National Assembly, Chairman of the Football Federation of Armenia.
Today there are a lot of political gangs in Armenia and at their leaders are the same “deputies” and other “representatives of the government’.” All of them are the strength and support of the current president of Armenia, who inherited from his predecessor legal nihilism and cheating, as an instrument of state policy. Mentally and morally decomposed power in Armenia aims to enrich oligarchs at all costs, greed, speculation, corruption, fraud, theft by any method.
To keep the power in their hands they treat the Armenian people like cattle. The people in power can humiliate, insult, beat, kill to keep people suppressed. Those in power commit daily violations of fundamental human rights and break the laws of the country. The Armenian people have the gift of great patience. However, even the best patience has a limit.
Vahe Avetyan murder caused an uproar. In Armenia, the social movements emerged: ” Vahe Avetisyan, an initiative group, led by Karekin Chugaszyan and Granush Kharatyan, the other group is named: ” We demand to punish all guilty of what happened in Harsnakar “(the restaurant owned by Ruben Hayrapetyan, where the murder occurred) the initiative group is lead by David Sanasaryan. Citizens of many countries took to streets to express their protest in connection with the murder of Vahe Avetyan.
On July 5, and July 13, on August 7, and October 5, 2012 there were meetings held in front of the consular department of the Armenian Embassy in the U.S. The next meeting will be held on November 10 of this year.
Exhausted by lawlessness, tired of miserable existence Armenian people actively express their protest against the criminal oligarchs in power. The country is not ruled by the constitutional system. Chapter St.1 of the Constitution of Republic of Armenia states that Armenia is a sovereign, democratic, social state of law, but in fact, Armenia is ruled from the Moscow Kremlin. The Armenian government disperses opposition rallies, fires at its own people, deprived them of all the rights, and never guarantees the right to live. At the same time, the ceremonial President Serzh Sarkisian is a criminal oligarch himself and he is unable to be the guarantor of the Constitution.
On behalf of the members of the initiative group of social and political organization Truth and Initiative I call on all people of good will who live under the slogan,”The fate of Armenia is my personal fate and the suffering of compatriots is my personal pain”, to actively participate in Creating Avetyan List, and to sign under the Open Letter of Nvard Avetyan.
Our address is E-mail: freearmenia2009@yahoo.com
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
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The peaceful demonstration is a good sign. More people should join in a future demonstration, again peacefully, and continue to put pressure on Hayrapetyan. His employees are to blame and he has a duty as an MP, business owner, and fellow Armenian to act in a just manner. Until he does so, Armenians ought to boycott any firms or products owned by him. He will feel it then. Pres. Sargsyan also needs to step up and insure the bodyguards who killed the military doctor are brought to justice. Hopefully, Vladimir Gasparyan was serious when he said the police would not let politics influence the outcome of their investigation.
Well said AR.
Peacefully boycott all companies of Hayrapetyan, until he makes amends: throws his thuggish bodyguards “under the bus” and pays unreal sums for damages to the victims and their kin. (one online booking site has already delisted his hotel at Lake Sevan)
And I don’t know what the Civil tort law is in RoA right now.
But here in the US, there would be mulimillion dollar lawsuits against the employers of the bodyguards (Hayrapetyan as a private business owner), and the establishment where the beating took place
I disagree that Pres. Sargsyan needs to get involved in the judicial process.
The Judiciary needs to develop independently. If the Pres intervenes in a case we like, he can also intervene in a case we do not like. He should stay out.
Let the various bodies do their work: if there is cover up, there is enough of an independent press in RoA at this time to keep it in the limelight.
And if the bodyguards get convicted, maybe the judge can sentence them to the LOC in Artsakh: they can be compelled to sit atop the trenches; bait for Azeri snipers; when Azeris take pot shots at them, our snipers can spot them, and….
The goons deserve no mercy for murdering a military doctor, of all people: an Armenian that murders a member of the military, who are there to protect the entire population of RoA – is worse than an external enemy.
Its time for the people to boycott all Oligarks and mafia businesses in armenia
and in the diaspora.I like to see a big demonstration in the US in front of the
Armenian embassy and consulates.And no more telethons for Armenia until
the Armenian government changes and their murderous mafia attitude changes. Armenia is not a free country .
This story reminds to the killing of the Javakhetsi friend of President Koutcharyan in 2001 ! We are still far away from a democratic state, but there remains hope that
one certain day when a murderer is really punished by a RESPONSIBLE judge the
devellopment could change.
Similar killings will go on as long as the murderers can be certain that Armenian
jurisdiction is working according to these Caucasian procedures and is unwilling to change to European standards.
This is another shameless face of corrupt government!
One day, they should all brought in the court of justice, and face the punishment.
Armenian socio-political status has to endure a massive shake up.
And the shake up will only happen when all those who suffer join together and act, instead of isolate actions of defiance.
From this unfair judgment , thousands Armenian family’s refugies from Armenia!
Hpw much Armenia been changed for a good, but never will be change Favorism, and unfair life over there! In the foreign Country, withe the foreign nations we found more comfort! Somtimes, I am very sorry that I am Armenian, because Armenians does hait each other!
I am very sorry for loss of Vahe Avetyan!
Marine,
Please do not dramatize. Armenians do not hate each other. These kind of, or worse, crimes happen in every country. I do not see a reason for you to be sorry for being Armenian.
A murder has been committed, and hopefully, criminals involved will be punished.
Unfortunately, we lost another wonderful Armenian to oligarchs. The good thing is that our society is not indifferent. This means that the society is not going to tolerate this kind of behavior and oligarchs have to be very careful about their actions.
AVAZAKNEROV EV MARTASPANEROV LETSVATS ANARTAR HAYASTAN!
INCKANEL BARGAVDGEN, ANARTATUTYUNE MISHT KMNA, DZHBACTABAR!
It is very sad to see Armenians demonstrating against Armenians for any reason. However, if Armenian politicians cannot honestly criticize this heinous act and the criminals who prey upon and kill their fellow Armenians, why should we be surprised that Turkish politicians do not criticize their own criminals of the past or present? Everyone knows that the murder of an innocent person is not the mark of a civilized society. Worse, it is a sign of lawlessness and a lack of humanity, and very dangerous to all Armenians. Amot eh – shad, shad amot eh. It seems clear that these people have no shame at all, so they bring shame onto everyone, not just themselves, and this is what brings demonstrators into the streets – their collective shame.
This unlucky Doctor Vahe…
He is like Abu-Azizi of Tunis…
He is martyr for an Armenian cause…
We are few …How can we kill each other…
Is not enough we have so many enemies…?
Shame on a such government…
Who cares to be rich only…
Who will take his money to his grave…
Like Abu-Al Amari said,
“Walk slowly without hubris-ness…underneath there are flesh”
I don’t think such people have any Armenian honest blood…
Although Dr. Vahe died…As all of us we will die one day…
But his name…is carved in our hearts and our cohorts…
More than any president…
Who comes and goes and… who will be cursed forever…for his bad attitudes…!
Amen Sylva; that was a very good comparison. How can you kill your own soldier who is there to defend his country and countrymen including those worthless violent hooligans?