YEREVAN, JULY 14, NOYAN TAPAN. On July 14, Hovik Abrahamian, the Head of the RA President's Administration, met with Thomas Hammarberg, the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe. During the meeting, they discussed the process of fulfilment of PACE Resolutions N 1609 and 1620, in particular, touched upon the legal status of people in detention and the parliamentary format of independent investigation of the March 1 events. The Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe is to present a report over these issues in the Monitoring Commission in September. As Noyan Tapan was informed by the RA President's Press Office, H. Abrahamian assured his interlocutor that the Armenian authorities are inflexible in the issue of complete investigation of the March 1 events and punishing those guilty. He at the same time emphasized that no one can be persecuted for his political views.

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