YEREVAN.- Armenia-based Coalition to Stop Violence Against Women will hold a protest action outside the court in Artashat where Mariam Gevorgyan’s case will be heard on Thursday.

Recall, Mariam was subjected to physical and emotional abuse by her mother-in-law Haykanush  Mikaelyan,  as  well  as  by  her  husband,  David  Ziroyan  after  the  couple married in 2009, then left for St. Petersburg, where the husband’s family live.

For 10 months, Mariam was subject to repeated abuse by David and members of his family. After returning to Yerevan, Mariam contacted  police. Subsequently David was charged with inflicting damage to health.

 The general amnesty granted by Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan  in  2011,  however,  was  applied  to  David  and  he  was  released.  David’s mother continues to face charges of infliction damage to health, as well as torture (RA Criminal Code Article 119).