The European Court of Human Rights has ordered the Armenian government to pay 8,000 euros ($10,000) in damages to a man who was kept in prison for more than one year on what turned out to be baseless criminal charges.
Kamo Piruzian, a resident of the northern town of Alaverdi, was arrested in October 2006 on charges of armed robbery and attempted murder which he strongly denied. Citing a lack of evidence, prosecutors dropped the charges 14 months later, during Piruzian's trial in the nearby city of Vanadzor. The freed suspect subsequently filed a lawsuit to Strasbourg, demanding financial compensation for his ordeal.
Armenian News
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