Today, the RA administrative court announced the verdict under the case of civil activist Vahe Gevorgyan. The Court granted (presiding judge, K. Avetisyan) the lawsuit of the Yerevan city Police Department of RA Police against Vahe Gevorgyan on bringing to administrative sanction. Vahe Gevorgyan’s counter lawsuit against the claim of recognizing the Yerevan city police officials’ actions unlawful was dismissed. Vahe Gevorgyan was subjected to administrative liability according to the RA Law on Administrative Offences, Article 182, penalty of 50.000 drams.
Recall that the RA Police had filed a lawsuit against Vahe Gevorgyan on August 8, 2013, for failure to fulfill the legal requirement of the police during the red street-marks protest organized in front of the Yerevan City Hall. In the conversation with Aravot.am, Vahe Gevorgyan expressed his opinion that the court acted unlawful and added, “The police have not presented me a lawful requirement, it was a domestic requirement, which is not legal.” To our observation that recently four civil activists’ cases were granted, whether it was a political instruction, Vahe replied, “I do not think so… it is just ridiculous, because it turns out that the court considered “do not do it” domestic requirement legitimate with no legal basis.” We asked Vahe Gevorgyan whether he is frustrated, he said, “I am not frustrated for a long time, I keep fighting.” Vahe Gevorgyan’s rep Ani Vardanyan informed Aravot.am that they will appeal the verdict and mentioned, “The trial was proceeding is a way that you could obviously see that the police could not prove the factual basis presented in its claim. Anyway, such verdict from this trial after the verdicts of the other cases was a surprise to me.” We asked whether this was a political decision, Ani Vardanyan replied that she “does not exclude it “.
Tatev HARUTYUNYAN
