Four cases on March 1 unrest sent to court
16.04.2008,
01:25
Four criminal cases in connection with the March 1Yerevan unrest have been sent to court, Press Officer of the RA Office of Prosecutor General reported.
YEREVAN, April 15. /ARKA/. Four criminal cases in connection with the March 1Yerevan unrest have been sent to court, Press Officer of the RA Office of Prosecutor General reported.
From February 20 to March 1, Armenia’s opposition political forces led by ex-president Levon Ter-Petrosyan were holding rallies in Liberty Square in Yerevan protesting against the results of February 19 presidential elections attributing victory to Serge Sargssyan. As a result of public unrest and clashes between the rally participants and the police, 265 people were injured, and ten were killed.
The Office of Prosecutor General instituted a criminal case in connection with the mass unrest aimed at seizing the power and breaking the constitutional order. Over a hundred people were arrested.
“Pre-trial investigation on cases instituted against four people charged with organizing and provoking mass disturbances in Yerevan is over. These are Soghomon Yeritsyan, Harutyun Mkrtchyan, Yasha Melkonyan, and Hovhannes Mkhoyan. These cases have been sent to court now,” Truzyan said.
So far, criminal cases against 20 people have been sent to court. Investigation on three of them - David Hambartsumyan, Mesrop Zakaryan, and Raj Petrossyan – is over. They pleaded guilty and asked for an accelerated trial.
Truzyan also said 78 people are currently under arrest. 16 people were given a written cognizance not to leave. Three people were detained on suspicion of direct participation in mass unrest. —0—
From February 20 to March 1, Armenia’s opposition political forces led by ex-president Levon Ter-Petrosyan were holding rallies in Liberty Square in Yerevan protesting against the results of February 19 presidential elections attributing victory to Serge Sargssyan. As a result of public unrest and clashes between the rally participants and the police, 265 people were injured, and ten were killed.
The Office of Prosecutor General instituted a criminal case in connection with the mass unrest aimed at seizing the power and breaking the constitutional order. Over a hundred people were arrested.
“Pre-trial investigation on cases instituted against four people charged with organizing and provoking mass disturbances in Yerevan is over. These are Soghomon Yeritsyan, Harutyun Mkrtchyan, Yasha Melkonyan, and Hovhannes Mkhoyan. These cases have been sent to court now,” Truzyan said.
So far, criminal cases against 20 people have been sent to court. Investigation on three of them - David Hambartsumyan, Mesrop Zakaryan, and Raj Petrossyan – is over. They pleaded guilty and asked for an accelerated trial.
Truzyan also said 78 people are currently under arrest. 16 people were given a written cognizance not to leave. Three people were detained on suspicion of direct participation in mass unrest. —0—
