Yerevan /Mediamax/. Armenian Human Rights Defender Karen Andreasyan turned to the Russian Ombudsman Vladimir Lukin today.

On July 13, a truck driven by Hrachya Harutyunyan ran into a bus near Moscow leaving 18 people dead.

Karen Andreasyan expressed his condolence to his Russian counterpart on the tragic incident.

The Armenian Ombudsman particularly noted in his letter:

“Citizen of Republic of Armenia Hrachya Harutyunyan accused of a violation of traffic rules which by an accident entailed death of more than 2 people was brought to court in a humiliating look, dressed in a women’s robe.

The Russian Constitution stipulates that the dignity of a person is protected by the state and nothing can serve a reason for belittling it. Irrespective of the nationality, race, language, background, location and other circumstances, actions belittling the honor and dignity of the person in any way taken up by the government's functionaries are unacceptable.

Taking into account the fact that the accident took place on the territory under your jurisdiction, I ask you to examine the reasons for the humiliating treatment and bringing Mr. Harutyunyan to court in such a look, take up actions within your powers to help Armenian citizen Hrachya Harutyunyan and inform me about the results”.