OTS - The European Court of Human Rights requests the Government of Armenia to ensure adequate medical treatment to illegally detained former statesman Gagik Khachatryan
2020. July 24. 09:06
Yerevan, 24 July, 2020 (APA/OTS) - The European Court of Human
Rights (ECHR) has satisfied on 21st July the application no.
54684/19 of the former Minister of Finance of Armenia Gagik
Khachatryan, and has published its decision by which it granted an
interim measure under the rule 39. The ECHR requested the
Government of the Republic of Armenia to ensure immediate medical
treatment of Gagik Khachatryan as well as right to be examined and
treated by doctor of his choice, including foreign doctors.
The 64-year old prominent politician who has illegally been
detained for already 11 months needs immediate surgery. The failure
or delay to perform medical treatment contains serious and
irreversible threats posed to his future health and life.
Khachatryan's attorney group has claimed this issue in all
competent authorities of Armenia, including the investigation,
prosecution authorities and courts of the Republic of Armenia. They
have consistently ignored these claims depriving Khachatryan's
fundamental rights to receive an adequate medical treatment. The
attorney group has also referred to the Human Rights Defender of
Armenia and other human rights organizations, which have voiced
their concerns regarding Khachatryan's case.
"Armenian authorities under government of Nikol Pashinyan
refuse to ensure Gagik Khachatryan's adequate medical treatment.
There is no doubt that this is a politically motivated case. We are
sorry that even in case of existence of explicit threat to the life
and health of the citizen of the Republic of Armenia, we have to
ensure the exercise of the right to medical treatment on the
request of the European Court of Human Rights" Khachatryan's
attorney Yerem Sargsyan said.
The former Minister of Finance Khachatryan is charged with the
abuse of authority and misapplication of property during his post
in state activity from 2008 to 2014. Khachatryan does not plead
himself guilty for the charges brought against him and his attorney
group has voiced dozens of cases of offences and pressure within
the last 11 months, including the illegal and out-of-legal-logic
prosecution against members of Gagik Khachatryan's family.
Gagik Khachatryan is a prominent Armenian politician and
government official who retired in 2016. While at the office, he
was considered as one of the wealthiest government officials in the
country according to his annual declarations. After the political
changes in 2018, a series of criminal charges were filed against
many former politicians. This includes presidents of Armenia,
Robert Kocharyan and Serzh Sargsyan and other senior officials.
Politically motivated charges have been also filed against the
current parliamentary opposition leader Gagik Tsarukyan. Despite
the abundance of investigations and criminal cases, there is not a
single judicial act having entered into force on any trumpeted
criminal case. Instead, the country has plunged into turmoil of
bitter debates, fraught with risks of forming unfavorable
perception on the domestic stability along with tensions in
Armenia-Azerbaijan state border.
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khachatryan.legalteam@gmail.com
Eleonora Araratyan
+374 95 917741
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