{"id":1171,"date":"2012-10-02T23:02:20","date_gmt":"2012-10-02T22:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rcstaging.co.uk\/ehrac\/?post_type=case-studies&p=1171"},"modified":"2023-10-31T20:48:54","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T20:48:54","slug":"prohibition-of-torture-virabyan-v-armenia","status":"publish","type":"case-studies","link":"http:\/\/ehrac.org.uk\/en_gb\/key-ehrac-cases\/prohibition-of-torture-virabyan-v-armenia\/","title":{"rendered":"Virabyan v Armenia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t
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Case No. 40094\/05
\n<\/a>Judgment date: 2 October 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n

The applicant was represented by Ms L. Claridge, Mr M. Muller, Mr<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>T. Otty and Mr<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>K.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Yildiz, lawyers of the Kurdish Human Rights Project (KHRP) based in\u00a0<\/span>London<\/span>, Mr T. Ter-Yesayan, a lawyer practising in\u00a0<\/span>Yerevan<\/span>, and Mr A. Ghazaryan, a non-practising lawyer.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

The applicant was a member of an opposition party during the 2003 presidential election, and participated in numerous opposition protests. He alleged that he\u00a0accompanied police officers to the\u00a0police station without resistance\u00a0after they approached him on the\u00a0afternoon of 23 April 2004. However,\u00a0police records stated that\u00a0the applicant had disobeyed lawful\u00a0police orders and used foul language.\u00a0The applicant alleged that, whilst at the police station, he was\u00a0kicked and beaten by police officers until he lost consciousness.\u00a0The applicant was subsequently\u00a0taken to hospital where he underwent\u00a0surgery for his injuries,\u00a0resulting in his left testicle having\u00a0to be removed. Criminal proceedings\u00a0were instituted against the\u00a0applicant but were terminated at\u00a0the pre-trial stage by the prosecutor,\u00a0as domestic law allowed the\u00a0prosecutor to terminate proceedings\u00a0if he believed that the accused\u00a0had redeemed the offence\u00a0through suffering connected with\u00a0the offence.<\/p>\n

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