Demonstration Outside President=?UTF-8?B?4oCZ?=s Office in Connection with Domestic Violence Survivor Mariam Gevorgyan=?UTF-8?B?4oCZ?=s Case

18:46, June 11, 2012

At 11 am on June 12, the Coalition to Stop Violence Against Women will be holding a demonstration outside the Office of the President of the Republic of Armenia regarding the case of domestic violence survivor Mariam Gevorgyan.

At that time, two letters will be delivered to the president: one, a complaint of the activities of the judge presiding over the case; and two, the demand to have open trials in such court cases.

Recall, Mariam was subjected to physical and emotional abuse by her mother-in-law Haykanush Mikaelyan, as well as by her husband, David Ziroyan after the couple married in 2009, then left for St. Petersburg, where the husband's family live. For 10 months, Mariam was subject to repeated abuse by David and members of his family.  Read more... (236 words)

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