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Robert Kocharyan to remain in detainment

March 15,2019 22:04

The session finished at the Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction under the authority of Judge Armen Bektashyan. The court decided to increase Robert Kocharyan’s detainment by two months.

On July 26, 2018, second President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan was charged with a criminal offense on the basis of sufficient evidence obtained during the preliminary investigation by the Armenian Special Investigative Service on the criminal case on the events that took place in Yerevan from March 1, 2008 to March 2, 2008, under Article 300.1 Paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia, for the fact that he overturned the constitutional order of the Republic of Armenia by prior agreement with other persons. On July 28, Kocharyan has been remanded into custody for two months. The Court of Criminal Appeals of the Republic of Armenia decided that President Robert Kocharyan should not remain in detention, and Kocharyan was released on August 13, 2018. On December 7, 2018 Kocharyan was arrested again following another ruling by the Court of Appeals. A decision was made by the court on February 7, 2019 for him to remain in detainment

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  1. Jay says:

    Decision’s based by personal vendetta of, LTP and Pashinyan. The latter two who instigated and provoked the March 1 riots, are the one’s who should be locked up behind bars. No democracy in Armenia, AMOT.

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