Vahe Avetyan (Armenian: Վահե Ավետյան, August 2, 1979[2] – June 29, 2012) was an Armenian doctor, medical serviceman major of the Armed Forces of Armenia, who died on June 29, 2012, in coma, from brain injury.

Avetyan went into coma after being beaten in the "Harsnakar" restaurant, which belongs to a member of Armenian parliament, at that time, Ruben Hayrapetyan.

[3] In the evening of June 17, 2012, a group of doctors, Vahe Avetyan among them, visited the restaurant.

[5] The medical officers Vahe Avetyan, Edgar Mikoyan, Arkadi Aghajanyan, Garik Soghomonyan, and Artak Baiadyan were beaten by Harsnakar employees and security.

[11] A criminal prosecution was made according to the 1st section of the 112th article of the Armenian Criminal Code:[12]"Infliction of willful bodily damage which is dangerous for life or caused loss of eyesight, speech, hearing or any organ, loss of functions of the organ, or was manifested in irreversible ugliness on face, as well as caused other damage dangerous for life or caused disorder... is punished with imprisonment for the term of 3 to 7 years.