BREAKING NEWS! Former president Robert Kocharyan left in detention
17.09.2019,
13:33
Yerevan's first instance court just decided to leave Robert Kocharyan, a former Armenian president, in detention, rejecting the motion filed by defendant Kocharyan's lawyers, which was based on the Constitutional Court's decision.
YEREVAN, September 17. /ARKA/. Yerevan's first instance court just decided to leave Robert Kocharyan, a former Armenian president, in detention, rejecting the motion filed by defendant Kocharyan's lawyers, which was based on the Constitutional Court's decision.
The case dates back to late February and early March 2008 following the disputed presidential election, when then prime minister Serzh Sargsyan was declared the winner, angering the opposition, led by the first Armenian president Levon Ter-Petrosyan and setting off 10 days of nonstop protests that led to a crackdown on March 1, in which 10 people were killed and more than 200 injured.
The same charge is brought against former defense minister Seyran Ohanyan, who was the chief of the Armenian armed forces general staff in 2008, and Yuri Khachaturov, who had been the chief of the Yerevan garrison at the time of the bloody events. Khachaturov was detained by then released on a 5 million dram bail.
Armen Gevorgyan, the then head of the presidential administration, is another defendant on this case.
Also former defense minister Mikael Harutyunyan is wanted by the law-enforcement authorities as a defendant in the case. He is accused of illegally using the Armenian armed forces against opposition supporters who demonstrated in Yerevan in the wake of the disputed presidential election held in February 2008. -0—
Kocharyan is accused of toppling constitutional order in the country.
The same charge is brought against former defense minister Seyran Ohanyan, who was the chief of the Armenian armed forces general staff in 2008, and Yuri Khachaturov, who had been the chief of the Yerevan garrison at the time of the bloody events. Khachaturov was detained by then released on a 5 million dram bail.
Armen Gevorgyan, the then head of the presidential administration, is another defendant on this case.
Also former defense minister Mikael Harutyunyan is wanted by the law-enforcement authorities as a defendant in the case. He is accused of illegally using the Armenian armed forces against opposition supporters who demonstrated in Yerevan in the wake of the disputed presidential election held in February 2008. -0—
