YEREVAN, JUNE 27, NOYAN TAPAN. "Levon Gulian was killed and died because of torture inflicted upon him," the participants of the June 26 press conference held on the initiative of the Helsinki Association claim. Ruben Martirosian, the expert of the association, who has taken part in about 350 autopsies, "has never seen a corpse tortured to that extent throughout his practice". According to him, Levon Gulian had fallen at least 4-5 times as there were five haemorrages in different parts of his head. R. Martirosian drew journalists' attention to the discrepancies concerning the time of Levon Gulian's death: it is mentioned in the "Case Details" section in the official conclusion of the forensic examination that the corpse of Levon Gulian was discovered at about 14.30 on May 12 near the principle administration building of the Criminal Investigation of the RA Police, and in the statement made by the police on May 22, it is mentioned that Levon Gulian "tried to escape through the window of the room at about 15.20 and fell down," and that he died because of the injuries received from the fall. According to the representatives of the association, one of the questions suggested by the preliminary investigation has also remained unanswered in the mentioned conclusion: the question of how long L. Gulian remained alive after receiving his injuries. R. Martirosian also drew attention to that circumstance, according to which no food was discovered in the stomach of the dead by the post mortem examination, though he had had lunch at home: the only explanation is that Levon Gulian had a concussion of the brain as a result of the injuries and vomited the whole content of the stomach. The representatives of the association have no special confidence in the impartiality of the experts invited from abroad, who did not want to meet with representatives of the mass media, as well as with the legal successor of Levon Gulian. Jemma Gulian, the widow of L. Gulian, expressed her dissatisfaction with the fact that though "an open investigation" was promised, the legal successor of L. Gulian made great efforts to get the conclusion of the forensic investigation. The legal successor also does not have any information of whether anybody has been accused in the case. Mikayel Danielian, the Chairman of the association, declared that their association has been engaged in 7-8 cases concerning torture and inhuman attitudes, but the defendants were punished in only one of these cases.

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