19:30 . 26/06
On June 26, the European Court of Human Rights handed down a ruling in the case Piruzyan against the Republic of Armenia, according to which Points 1, 3 and 4 of Article 5 (Liberty and security) of the European Convention on Human Rights, as well as Article 3 (Torture) of the Convention have been violated.
As Kamo Piruzyan’s advocate, lawyer Lusine Sahakyan told Pastinfo’s correspondent, by the decision of the European Court, the citizen must receive a compensation of €8,000 for moral damage.
L. Sahakyan said Kamo Piruzyan was accused of a bandit attack and was in detention for 1 year and two months but the prosecutor dropped the charges and Piruzyan was acquitted. ECHR has concluded that Piruzyan’s right of liberty was violated and he received humiliating attitude-he was detained.