Hundreds of complaints against Armenia at ECHR – opposition rep

Speaking in Armenia's Parliament on Tuesday, Gagik Jhangiryan, an MP of the Armenian National Congress (ANC) parliamentary group, touched on the verdicts against Armenia returned by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).The verdicts are evidence of violations of Armenian citizens' fundamental rights and freedoms and force Armenia into paying compensations amounting to tens of thousands of Euros, Jhangiryan said."Hundreds of new complaints lodged by Armenian citizens are waiting for their turn at the ECHR," he added."It is common knowledge that a large number of complaints concern the cases that involve political orders and coercion," Jhangiryan said.Although of importance, the financial aspect does not play the key role when Armenia's international reputation is at stake.In this context, Jhangiryan touched on the complaints lodged by the persons illegally convicted in the March 1 case. European official refused to view them as political prisoners before P ACE approved Resolution #1900. In their turn, Armenia's authorities considered them criminals."In the resolution, PACE invites all the CE member-states to revise the cases of all the likely political prisoners," Jhangiryan said.According to him, Armenia's ruling coalition still has a chance to "atone its sins" against four MPs by voting for a bill on setting up an ad hoc committee on March 1 murders submitted by the ANC group.   Read more... (218 words)

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