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Representatives of Human Rights Defender's Office visit owner of 5th TV channel in pre-trial detention center
... Tavadyan, who is being kept in a pre-trial detention center. YEREVAN, December 25. /ARKA/. Representatives of Armenia's Human Rights Defender's Office visited today the owner of the 5th TV channel Armen Tavadyan, who is being kept in a pre-trial detention center. The day before armtimes.com reported with reference to the press secretary of the Special Investigation Service, Marina Ohanjanyan, that Tavadyan was detained as part of an investigation into a criminal case involving a supporter of Armenia's ex-president Robert Kocharyan. According to earlier, reports, Varuzhan Mkrtchyan, a supporter of Kocharyan, tried to bribe a citizen who was recognized as an aggrieved person in the violent clashes between protesters and security forces in the wake of the disputed 2008 ...
12/25/2019Russia-based Armenian businessmen post bail for release of ex-president Kocharyan from pre-trial detention
The 2 billion dram ($4.1 million) bail for the release of ex-president of Armenia Robert Kocharyan from pre-trial detention was posted by Russian businessmen, the Russian RBC said citing a source close to Kocharyan. The news was confirmed by Viktor Soghomonyan, the head of Kocharyan's office. YEREVAN, June 21. /ARKA/. The 2 billion dram ($4.1 million) bail for ...
06/21/2020Robert Kocharyan detained - lawyer
YEREVAN, July 28. /ARKA/. The court of Yerevan’s Shengavit district decided Friday night to detain Robert Kocharyan, a former Armenian president, said Kocharyan’s lawyer Aram Orbelyan. He said nothing else and declined to answer ... ... decision well. On Thursday, the Special Investigation Agency of Armenia has filed a motion to court for authorization of detention of Robert Kocharyan. Earlier, Kocharyan had been summoned to the agency for being questioned as witness. He yesterday ...
07/28/2018Robert Kocharyan’s case is largely politically motivated - political scientist says
Charges of “overthrowing Armenia's constitutional order," levied against Armenia’s ex-president Robert Kocharyan have been in the limelight of the country’s public at large over the last several days. YEREVAN, July 28. /ARKA/.... ... district court late on July 27 ruled that the Special Investigative Service (SIS) could hold Kocharyan for two months in pre-trial detention pending investigation. The case dates back to late February and early March 2008 following the disputed presidential ...
07/28/2018Armenia’s court of appeals releases former president Kocharyan from custody
Armenia’s Court of Appeals announced today its decision on a petition filed by ex-president Robert Kocharyan’s lawyers against his arrest, releasing Kocharyan from custody. YEREVAN, August 13. /ARKA/. Armenia’s Court of ... ... district court late on July 27 ruled that the Special Investigative Service (SIS) could hold Kocharyan for two months in pre-trial detention pending investigation. The case dates back to late February and early March 2008 following the disputed presidential ...
08/13/2018Robert Kocharyan to remain detained pending trial
The Court of Appeal of Armenia has already delivered the verdict on the motion filed by the lawyers of Robert Kocharyan, a former president of Armenia. Hayk Alumyan, one of Kocharyan’s lawyers, told journalists that the court declined the motion, and his client will remain in detention for another two months. He said he sees no reasons for keeping Kocharyan in pretrial detention. YEREVAN, April 11. /ARKA/. The Court of Appeal of Armenia has already delivered the verdict on the motion filed by the lawyers of Robert Kocharyan,...
04/11/2019Armenia’s Court of Appeals to announce its ruling on former president Kocharyan on August 13
Armenia’s Court of Appeals will announce its decision on a petition filed by ex-president Robert Kocharyan’s lawyers against his arrest, on August 13, one of Kocharyan's lawyer, Aram Orbelyan, told journalists today. ... ... district court late on July 27 ruled that the Special Investigative Service (SIS) could hold Kocharyan for two months in pre-trial detention pending investigation. The case dates back to late February and early March 2008 following the disputed presidential ...
08/10/2018Kocharyan votes for 'decent peace and economic recovery'
Armenia's ex-president Robert Kocharyan, who tops the electoral list of Hayastan (Armenia) bloc in the early elections to the parliament today, told reporters ... ... police do not reveal the violators, then the Armenia bloc will consider that this is done by the authorities. Asked about the detention of Armen Charchyan, head of Izmirlian medical center, who is on Armenia's list of candidates, Kocharyan argued there ...
06/20/2021Armenian Republicans denounce Kocharyan detention as antidemocratic step
The faction of the Republican Party of Armenia reacted angrily to the detention of former Armenian president Robert Kocharyan. YEREVAN, July 30. /ARKA/. The faction of the Republican Party of Armenia reacted angrily to the detention of former Armenian president Robert Kocharyan. The party members think that this process ‘has nothing in common with democracy,...
07/30/2018Armenia’s Constitutional Court declines to consider lawsuit filed by ex-president Robert Kocharyan’s lawyers
Armenia’s Constitutional Court declined to consider a lawsuit filed by ex-president Robert Kocharyan’s defense lawyers, the latter said in a statement. YEREVAN, January 30. /ARKA/. Armenia’s Constitutional Court ... ... order in collusion with other persons in 2008 March. Kocharyan had been detained in 2018 summer for two months in pre-trial detention pending investigation. However, he was released from custody on June 13 after the Court of Appeals ruled that he could ...
01/30/2019Kocharyan’s office denounces new authorities’ attack on dissent
The office of former Armenian president Robert Kocharyan condemned in a statement today a group of persons for disrupting a planned news conference by Kocharyan where he was ... ... questions. Kocharyan, who was scheduled to convene the press conference today following his release yesterday from pre-trial detention, had to cancel it after a group of young Armenians broke into the conference hall of Erebuni Plaza in downtown Yerevan ...
08/14/2018Young Armenian activists disrupt former president Kocharyan’s planned news conference
Armenia’s former president Robert Kocharyan, who was scheduled to convene a press conference today following his release yesterday from pre-trial detention, had to cancel it after a group of young Armenians broke into the conference hall of Erebuni Plaza in downtown Yerevan chanting "murderer" and "life sentence for Kocharyan.’ YEREVAN, August 14. /ARKA/. Armenia’s former ...
08/14/2018Kocharyan’s lawyers to appeal to court to release their client from pretrial detention
Former Armenian president Robert Kocharyan’s lawyers will appeal to court on Wednesday to have their client released from his pretrial detention, Hayots Ashkhar reports. YEREVAN, August 1. /ARKA/. Former Armenian president Robert Kocharyan’s lawyers will appeal to court on Wednesday to have their client released from his pretrial detention, Hayots Ashkhar reports. Aram Orbelyan,...
08/01/2018Putin congratulates former Armenian president Kocharyan on New Year
... Russian president, has confirmed today that Vladimir Putin has sent New Year congratulations to former Armenian president Robert Kocharyan, TASS reported. YEREVAN, December 28. /ARKA/. Dmitry Peskov, a spokesman for Russian president, has confirmed today ... ... district court allowed this past summer the Special Investigative Service (SIS) to detain Kocharyan for two months in pre-trial detention pending investigation. However, he was released from custody on June 13 after the Court of Appeals ruled that he could ...
12/28/2018Armenia’s Court of Cassation refers Kocharyan’s case for further investigation
... satisfy an appeal by the Prosecutor General's Office against a decision of the Court of Appeal to release former president Robert Kocharyan from custody on August 13, referring the case for further investigation. YEREVAN, November 15. /ARKA/. Armenia’s ... ... district court on July 27 ruled that the Special Investigative Service (SIS) could hold Kocharyan for two months in pre-trial detention pending investigation. Kocharyan, charged with toppling constitutional order in collusion with other persons, was released ...
11/15/2018Head of Heritage party sees no threat in Kocharyan’s comeback
... of Armenian Heritage party Raffi Hovhanessyan has downplayed today fears that the announced return of former president Robert Kocharyan to politics may destabilize the situation in the country. YEREVAN, August 20. /ARKA/. The leader of Armenian Heritage ... ... post-Soviet foreign minister and a presidential candidate, slammed the Court of Appeals for ruling to release Kocharyan from pre-trial detention calling it ‘unlawful.’ Kocharyan was arrested on July 27 for two months by a local court, but was released from ...
08/20/2018Armenian prosecutor general finds Robert Kocharyan’s pretrial detention necessary
The Armenian prosecutor general’s office finds it necessary to keep Robert Kocharyan, a former Armenian president, in detention at the current stage of investigation. YEREVAN, November 28. /ARKA/. The Armenian prosecutor general’s office finds it necessary to keep Robert Kocharyan, a former Armenian president, in detention at the current stage of investigation....
11/28/2018BREAKING NEWS! Former president Robert Kocharyan left in detention
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 ...
09/17/2019Young activists demand that judge who freed Kocharyan from custody be fired
Young Armenian activists who disrupted earlier today a planned news conference former president Robert Kocharyan was to hold following his release from pre-trial detention on August 13, are collecting signatures under a petition they will send to the Supreme Judicial Council to demand that it fires Court of Appeals judge Aleksandr Azaryan, who ruled to free Kocharyan. YEREVAN, August 14. /ARKA/. Young Armenian ...
08/14/2018Court in Yerevan rules to remove arrest of ex-president’s property
... low court in Yerevan, chaired by Judge Anna Danibekyan, ruled today to partially satisfy the request of ex-president Robert Kocharyan’s defense lawyers, regarding the seizure of his property. YEREVAN, June 7. /ARKA/. A low court in Yerevan, ... ... of the Human Rights Defender. А court in Yerevan ruled on May 18 the release of ex-president Robert Kocharyan from pre-trial detention. Judge David Grigoryan ruled that Kocharyan be released under the personal guarantees of the current and second presidents ...
06/07/2019Armenia’s jailed ex-president: I’ll join struggle against new leaders
In an interview with Reuters Armenia’s imprisoned former president Robert Kocharyan said powerful opposition forces were coming together to challenge the ex-Soviet state’s new leadership soon, and that ... ... Armenia, a country that depends heavily on Russian aid and investment. They have denied those allegations. Writing from the detention center where he is being held, Kocharyan told Reuters the charges against him were politically motivated, and accused ...
05/08/2019Armenia’s Court of Appeals postpones consideration of application by defense layers of former president Kocharyan
... Court of Appeals has postponed today the consideration of an application filed by defense layers of former president Robert Kocharyan to release Kocharyan from custody pending trial. YEREVAN, January 29. /ARKA/. Armenia’s Court of Appeals ... ... court allowed earlier this past summer the Special Investigative Service (SIS) to detain Kocharyan for two months in pre-trial detention pending investigation. However, he was released from custody on June 13 after the Court of Appeals ruled that he could ...
01/29/2019Armenian Republicans deeply concerned over initiation of criminal case against Robert Kocharyan
The Republican Party of Armenia is deeply concerned over the initiation of criminal case against Robert Kocharyan, a former Armenian president, and the Special Investigative Service’s motion for detention warrant, the party says in a statement it released today. YEREVAN, July 27. /ARKA/. The Republican Party of Armenia is deeply concerned over the initiation of criminal case against Robert Kocharyan, a former Armenian president, and ...
07/27/2018Armenian investigation agency applies to court for authorization Robert Kocharyan detention – charge brought to him
The Special Investigation Agency of Armenia has filed a motion to court for authorization of detention of former president Robert Kocharyan, the press office of the agency reported on Thursday. YEREVAN, July 27. /ARKA/. The Special Investigation Agency of Armenia has filed a motion to court for authorization of detention of former president Robert Kocharyan, the press office ...
07/27/2018Armenian court orders release of ex-president from pre-trial detention
А court in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, ruled on May 18 the release of ex-president Robert Kocharyan from pre-trial detention. YEREVAN, May 18 /ARKA/. А court in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, ruled on May 18 the release of ex-president Robert Kocharyan from pre-trial detention. Judge David Grigoryan ruled that Kocharyan be released under the personal guarantees ...
05/19/2019Robert Kocharyan to remain in detention pending trial
The Armenian Court of Appeal just declined the motion filed by lawyers of Robert Kocharyan, a former Armenian president, Armenian Prosecutor General Vahagn Muradyan told journalists. YEREVAN, February ... ... The lawyers had filed the motion demanding to void the first instance count’s decision to extend their client’s pretrial detention for another two months. “The court has unveiled the decision – all the complaints of Kocharyan’s lawyers were ...
02/07/2019Media source: Robert Kocharyan to be arrested again soon
Robert Kocharyan, a former Armenian president, will be arrested on December 1, according to Zhamanak. YEREVAN, November 29. /ARKA/.... ... Armenian prosecutor general, who was present at yesterday’s court session, said he finds it necessary to keep Robert Kocharyan in detention at the current stage of investigation. Prosecutor General Arthur Davtyan told journalists that the office has grounds ...
11/29/2018Tovmasyan: Kocharyan's case occasion for making constitutional court predictable
Hrayr Tovmasyan, head of the Constitutional Court of Armenia, thinks that the Kocharyan case is just an occasion for making the Constitutional Court predictable. He said Wednesday in an interview with ArmNews ... ... president, is charged with toppling constitutional order (bloody events of March 1, 2008) and taking a big bribe. He is now in detention pending trial. -0---
10/03/2019Armenian judge recuses himself from hearing ex-president Kocharyan’s case
... agreed on Monday with prosecutors’ demand that he recuse himself from hearing a case on immunity of former ex-president Robert Kocharyan from prosecution. YEREVAN, June 4. /ARKA/. Vazgen Rshtuni, an Armenian Court of Appeals judge, agreed on Monday with ... ... injured. А court in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, ruled on May 18 the release of ex-president Robert Kocharyan from pre-trial detention. Judge David Grigoryan ruled that Kocharyan be released under the personal guarantees of the current and second presidents ...
06/04/2019Armenian court extends ex-president Kocharyan’s arrest for another two months
A court in Yerevan ruled today to extend the custody of former Armenian President Robert Kocharyan for another two months, as requested by the Special Investigative Service, Kocharyna’s defense lawyer Aram Orbelyan ... ... court allowed earlier this past summer the Special Investigative Service (SIS) to detain Kocharyan for two months in pre-trial detention pending investigation. However, he was released from custody on June 13 after the Court of Appeals ruled that he could ...
03/15/2019Armenian court extends ex-president’s arrest for another two months
A first instant court in Yerevan has ruled today to extend the arrest of ex-president of Armenia Robert Kocharyan for another two months, prosecutor Vahagn Muradyan told reporters. YEREVAN, January 18. /ARKA/. A first instant court ... ... court allowed earlier this past summer the Special Investigative Service (SIS) to detain Kocharyan for two months in pre-trial detention pending investigation. However, he was released from custody on June 13 after the Court of Appeals ruled that he could ...
01/18/2019Armenian ex-president’s lawyers ask SIS to stop criminal prosecution against their client
Defense lawyers of former Armenian president Robert Kocharyan have formally asked the Special Investigation Service (SIS) to stop the criminal prosecution against their client. ... ... court allowed earlier this past summer the Special Investigative Service (SIS) to detain Kocharyan for two months in pre-trial detention pending investigation. However, he was released from custody on June 13 after the Court of Appeals ruled that he could ...
01/11/2019No instructions given to Armenia’s judicial system, including ex-president Kocharyan’s case, Pashinyan says
No instructions were given to Armenia’s judicial system, including the case of ex-president Robert Kocharyan, the acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said today after voting in the first ever snap parliamentary elections. ... ... district court allowed this past summer the Special Investigative Service (SIS) to detain Kocharyan for two months in pre-trial detention pending investigation. However, he was released from custody on June 13 after the Court of Appeals ruled that he could ...
12/09/2018Court in session discussing investigators’ motion to authorize Robert Kocharyan detention
The court of Yerevan’s Shengavit district is on session now to decide whether to issue a warrant for detention of former Armenian president Robert Kocharyan. YEREVAN, July 27. /ARKA/. The court of Yerevan’s Shengavit district is on session now to decide whether to issue a warrant for detention of former Armenian president Robert Kocharyan. On Thursday, after three hours of inquiry in the ...
07/27/2018Lavrov about Kocharyan detention: Russia concerned over things in Armenia
Sergey Lavrov, Russian foreign minister, said yesterday night meaning the recent arrest of former Armenian president Robert Kocharyan that developments in Armenia contradict the new leadership’s statement that there will be no repressions against their ... ... district court late on July 27 ruled that the Special Investigative Service (SIS) could hold Kocharyan for two months in pre-trial detention pending investigation. The case dates back to late February and early March 2008 following the disputed presidential ...
08/01/2018Karabakh presidents ask Armenia’s prosecutor general to release Robert Kocharyan from custody
... second president, Arkady Ghukasyan, asked Armenia’s prosecutor’s office to release Nagorno-Karabakh first president Robert Kocharyan from custody on the eve of May 9. YEREVAN, May 7. /ARKA/. Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) incumbent president Bako Sahakyan ... ... from custody pending his trial. "We are ready to give public guarantees that will be necessary for releasing him from the detention center and remaining at large during the entire period of the upcoming legal process," their request says. A press ...
05/07/2019New judge to consider Kocharyan’s lawyers’ petition for his release from custody on bail
A petition filed by ex-president of Armenia Robert Kocharyan’s defense layers asking that their client be released form custody on bail was handed to judge Arthur Mkrtchyan. ... ... court allowed earlier this past summer the Special Investigative Service (SIS) to detain Kocharyan for two months in pre-trial detention pending investigation. However, he was released from custody on June 13 after the Court of Appeals ruled that he could ...
01/14/2019Armenia’s Court of Appeals upholds lower court judgment on remanding former president Robert Kocharyan
Armenia’s Court of Appeals has upheld today the judgment of a lower court on remanding Armenia’s former president Robert Kocharyan, his attorney Hayk Alumyan told reporters. YEREVAN, December 7. /ARKA/. Armenia’s Court of Appeals has upheld ... ... district court allowed this past summer the Special Investigative Service (SIS) to detain Kocharyan for two months in pre-trial detention pending investigation. However, he was released from custody on June 13 after the Court of Appeals ruled that he could ...
12/07/2018Armenian Court of Appeal to resume considering Kocharyan lawyers’ motion today at 14:00
The court session where ex-president Robert Kocharyan lawyers’ motion was being considered will be continued on Friday at 14:00. YEREVAN, August 10. /ARKA/. The court ... ... protests that led to a crackdown on March 1, in which 10 people were killed and more than 200 injured. Kocharyan will remain in detention pending trial. -0---
08/10/2018Another charge brought against Robert Kocharyan
The Special Investigation Agency of Armenia brought another charge against Robert Kocharyan, a former Armenian president, accusing him of receiving a large-amount bribe. Before that, in 2018 summer, Kocharyan was charged with toppling constitutional order in collusion with other persons in 2008 March. He is now in detention pending trial. YEREVAN, February 13. /ARKA/. The Special Investigation Agency of Armenia brought another charge against Robert Kocharyan, a former Armenian president, accusing him of receiving a large-amount bribe. Before that, in 2018 ...
02/13/2019Armenian General Prosecutor Office’s motion to Court of Cassation over Kocharyan case enters on reference
The motion filed by the Armenian Prosecutor Office to the Court of Cassation, which disputes the Appeal Court’s decision to release Robert Kocharyan, a former Armenian president, from detention, entered on the reference, the press office of the Court of Cassation told Novosti-Armenia. YEREVAN, September 27. /ARKA/. The motion filed by the Armenian Prosecutor Office to the Court of Cassation, which disputes the Appeal Court’s ...
09/27/2018Armenian investigators don’t dispute 2008 presidential election results in this charge against Kocharyan
... Special Investigation Service, told journalists on Thursday that in the charge recently brought against former president Robert Kocharyan the agency doesn’t dispute the results of the 2008 presidential election. YEREVAN, August 2. /ARKA/. Sasun Khachatryan,... ... district court late on July 27 ruled that the Special Investigative Service (SIS) could hold Kocharyan for two months in pre-trial detention pending investigation. The case dates back to late February and early March 2008 following the disputed presidential ...
08/02/2018Ex-president Kocharyan announces his political comeback
... interview with Yerkir TV former Armenian president Robert announced his political comeback. "Consider that I came back," Kocharyan said in response to a question whether he was returning to politics. The full interview will be aired on Thursday at ... ... the Special Investigative Service (SIS) could hold Serzh Sargsyan’s predecessor Robert Kocharyan for two months in pre-trial detention pending investigation. The case dates back to late February and early March 2008 following the disputed presidential ...
08/16/2018Defense lawyers for ex-Armenian president appeal against his arrest
Defense lawyers for Armenia’s former president Robert Kocharyan, taken into custody on July 27 this year after being charged with overthrowing the constitutional order, have appealed ... ... district court late on July 27 ruled that the Special Investigative Service (SIS) could hold Kocharyan for two months in pre-trial detention pending investigation. The case dates back to late February and early March 2008 following the disputed presidential ...
08/01/2018Criminal case opened against judge who has released Robert Kocharyan from pretrial detention
The Supreme Judicial Council of Armenia, satisfying a motion filed by the Prosecutor General’s Office, allowed it Monday to open a criminal case against David Grigoryan, a judge at Yerevan’s first instance court who had released Robert Kocharyan, a former Armenian president, who is charged with overthrowing the constitutional order, from pretrial detention, TASS reports. The Supreme Judicial Council also suspended the judge from office. YEREVAN, July 29. /ARKA/. The Supreme Judicial Council of Armenia, satisfying a motion filed by the Prosecutor General’s Office, allowed it Monday to ...
07/29/2019People gather outside court in Yerevan for Kocharyan trial
People demanding to prosecute Robert Kocharyan, former president of Armenia, keeping him in pretrial detention, gathered now outside the first-instance court to display their stance. The defendant's loyalists gathered here as well to support him. YEREVAN, September 12. /ARKA/. People demanding to prosecute Robert Kocharyan, former president of ...
09/12/2019Pashinyan suggests that colleagues in Russia adapt to new situation in Armenia
... the latest developments in Armenia targeting former officials. Lavrov's remarks came after former Armenian president Robert Kocharyan was charged with overthrowing the constitutional order. "The events of the last few days contradict the recent ... ... district court late on July 27 ruled that the Special Investigative Service (SIS) could hold Kocharyan for two months in pre-trial detention pending investigation. The case dates back to late February and early March 2008 following the disputed presidential ...
08/10/2018Charge against Robert Kocahryan based on involvement of army
... declaration of the state of war, but that has not been done, as known.” Khachatryan also called ridiculous the statement of Kocharyan’s lawyers in which they insist that the case is political persecution. “Our decision on the charge is so clear ... ... district court late on July 27 ruled that the Special Investigative Service (SIS) could hold Kocharyan for two months in pre-trial detention pending investigation. The case dates back to late February and early March 2008 following the disputed presidential ...
08/02/2018Armenian Constitutional Court's motion on Kocharyan case taken over by European Court of Human Rights
The European Court of Human Rights took over the Armenian Constitutional Court's motion over former Armenian president Robert Kocharyan's case today, the press office of the Constitutional Court reported on Thursday. YEREVAN, October 3. /ARKA/.... ... who has been charged with overthrowing constitutional order (bloody events of March 1, 2008) and taking a big bribe, is now in detention pending trial. The case dates back to late February and early March 2008 following the disputed presidential election,...
10/03/2019Armenian Prosecutor General’s Office declines Kocharyan supporters’ motion
The Armenian Prosecutor General’s Office declined today the motion filed by some MPs wanting former president Robert Kocharyan to be released, Arevik Khachatryan, the press secretary of the office told Novosti-Armenia. YEREVAN, August ... ... protests that led to a crackdown on March 1, in which 10 people were killed and more than 200 injured. Kocharyan will remain in detention pending trial. -0---
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