Aravot: European Court to demand €30,000 moral compensation from Armenia
09:46 • 06.07.12
The European Court of Human Rights' (ECtHR) recent ruling to impose a € 30,000 moral compensation on Armenia will take effect this September, the paper has learned.
The plaintiff in the case of Poghosyan and Baghdasaryan vs. the Republic of Armenia initially demanded €280,000. Armen Poghosyan, who was accused of raping and killing a minor, was sentenced to 15 years in prison but after five years and six months he was released as he turned out to be serving time instead of another offender, says the paper. Poghosyan had for years complained to the prosecutor general and the president that he hadn’t committed the crime, but they did not reportedly believe him until the real offender admitted his guilt. Poghosyan and his mother, Mrs. Baghdasaryan, demanded moral vs. material compensation, but their appeal was rejected by the domestic courts, says the paper adding that Poghosyan appears to be the first claimant to demand moral compensation from ECtHR.
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