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Archbishop Galstanyan's Sacred Struggle Movement Activist to Remain in Custody
... activist Lidia Mantashyan for another three months, until November 25, 2025. Mantashayn was detailed along with other activists, supporters of so-called Sacred Struggle, led by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan. The ruling can be contested in the Criminal Court of Appeals within a period of 10 days. Mantashyan has asserted that she has no intention of committing any terrorist acts and maintains her innocence. Previously, five members of the opposition "Armenia" parliamentary faction provided ...
08/20/2025Lawyer: Armenian Court of Appeals has found Samvel Karapetyan's detention to be unlawful
One of Samvel Karapetyan's lawyers, Lianna Gasparyan, reported that the Armenian Criminal Court of Appeal has found the Tashir Group president's detention unlawful. YEREVAN, August 11. /ARKA/. One of Samvel Karapetyan's lawyers, Lianna Gasparyan, reported that the Armenian Criminal Court of Appeal has found the Tashir Group president's detention unlawful. "The court found that Samvel Karapetyan's detention on June 18, 2025, was unlawful. As a result, he spent more than nine hours illegally...
08/11/2025Justice Minister presents main achievements in reforming Armenian judicial system
... of the most significant achievements of the Ministry of Justice in 2022 was amending the legislation. "We are working to make justice more accessible. We have also raised salaries at almost all key levels, including the Constitutional Court, the Court of Appeals, the Prosecutor General's Office, and the Investigative Committee," Minasyan said. In his opinion, this helps, among other things, to increase opportunities for attracting new professional staff. "We have also improved conditions ...
06/21/2023Yerevan Criminal Court of Appeals upholds lower court decision to arrest former Defense Minister Vigen Sargsyan in absentia
The Criminal Court of Appeals in Yerevan has upheld a lower court decision to arrest former Armenian Defense Minister Vigen Sargsyan in absentia, the press secretary of the Supreme Judicial Council Lilit Shaboyants said in a Facebook post. YEREVAN, March 27. /ARKA/....
03/27/2023Appeals court arrests General Grigory Khachaturov for two months
Armenia’s Criminal Court of Appeals ruled today to allow the arrest of former commander of the 3rd Army Corps General Grigory Khachaturov for two months. YEREVAN, March 16. /ARKA/. Armenia’s Criminal Court of Appeals ruled today to allow the arrest of former commander ...
03/16/2023Armenian parliament approves creation of Anti-Corruption Court of Appeal
By a vote of 67 to three the Armenian parliament has approved today in the first reading a set of amendments to the Judicial Code and a number of related laws to establish anti-corruption court of appeals. YEREVAN, December 16. /ARKA/. By a vote of 67 to three the Armenian parliament has approved today in the first reading a set of amendments to the Judicial Code and a number of related laws to establish anti-corruption court of appeals....
12/16/2022Armenian Court of Cassation acquits Prime Minister Pashinyan in March 1 case
... Armenian law-enforcement authorities had violated Pashinyan’s right to freedom of speech and assembly. On January 19, 2010, Nikol Pashinyan was sentenced to seven years' imprisonment for organizing mass riots in March 2008. On March 9, 2010 the Criminal Court of Appeals, halved the remaining part of Pashinyan's prison term as part of an amnesty. On May 27, 2011, Pashinyan was freed under a general amnesty declared by the former Armenian authorities in connection with the 20th anniversary of independence ...
04/08/2022Armenia’s ex-defense minister accused of embezzlement, will remain in custody pending trial
... Davit Galstyan was earlier charged with breaching a $1 million contract by providing the defense ministry with ammunition designed for older and different artillery systems and was arrested in February, but was released four months later by Armenia’s Court of Appeals. Earlier, Armenia’s National Security Service (NSS) had said that Tonoyan and Galstyan were detained as part of a criminal investigation into abuse of office and official forgery committed by high-ranking military personnel. According ...
01/24/2022Court in Yerevan extends arrest of former Armenian defense minister for another 2 months
... Davit Galstyan was earlier charged with breaching a $1 million contract by providing the defense ministry with ammunition designed for older and different artillery systems and was arrested in February, but was released four months later by Armenia’s Court of Appeals. Earlier, Armenia’s National Security Service (NSS) said that Tonoyan and Galstyan were detained as part of a criminal investigation into abuse of office and official forgery committed by high-ranking military personnel. According to ...
11/29/2021Armenian court sanctions arrests of former defense minister and weapon supplier
... Davit Galstyan was earlier charged with breaching a $1 million contract by providing the defense ministry with ammunition designed for older and different artillery systems and was arrested in February, but was released four months later by Armenia’s Court of Appeals. Earlier, Armenia’s National Security Service (NSS) said that Tonoyan and Galstyan were detained as part of a criminal investigation into abuse of office and official forgery committed by high-ranking military personnel. According to ...
10/01/2021Ex-president Serzh Sargsyan's nephew sentenced to 5.5 years in prison
... his prison term will last 3 years 6 months and 23 days, according to the ruling. On December 24, 2019, a first instance court allowed Narek Sargsyan's arrest, but on November 13, 2020, he was released on bail of 25 million drams by a decision of the Court of Appeals. The ruling was cancelled by the Court of Cassation after a protest by the prosecutors. -0-
06/16/2021Armenian parliament elects new judge of Court of Cassation
After repeated attempts the Armenian parliament has elected today Arsen Mkrtchyan as a new member of the Court of Cassation. Before the election, he served as chairman of the Civil Court of Appeals. YEREVAN, March 24. /ARKA/. After repeated attempts the Armenian parliament has elected today Arsen Mkrtchyan as a new member of the Court of Cassation. Before the election, he served as chairman of the Civil Court of Appeals. According ...
03/24/2021Armenian parliament approves controversial judicial reforms
... According to a bill approved by the Armenian government earlier this month, up to 21 new judges are to be hired for the courts of first instance. Three other new judges specializing in arrests or corruption-related offenses are to be appointed to the Court of Appeals. Badasyan said the new judges are expected to cut the workload of courts increasingly overwhelmed by pending criminal and civil cases. According to him, the changes will help to raise public trust in courts, since 'the society in Armenia ...
02/03/2021Armenian parliament convenes for emergency session to push through a set of judicial reforms
... According to a bill approved by the Armenian government earlier this month, up to 21 new judges are to be hired for the courts of first instance. Three other new judges specializing in arrests or corruption-related offenses are to be appointed to the Court of Appeals. According to the Justice Minister, the new judges are expected to cut the workload of courts increasingly overwhelmed by pending criminal and civil cases. “We would understand the need for an emergency session if it were to consider ...
02/03/2021Armenia's former president slams government for failing to curb spread of coronavirus
... Armenia's ex-president Robert Kocharyan, standing trial on charges of overthrowing the constitutional order, slammed the government for failure to curb the spread of coronavirus in an interview with three Armenian TV companies on July 29. Armenia’s Court of Appeals ordered in June that Robert Kocharyan be released from prison on 2 billion dram bail ($4.2 million) pending the outcome of the ongoing trial. "We have borders with four countries, two of which (with Turkey and Azerbaijan) are closed....
07/30/2020Armenian judge recuses himself from hearing ex-president Kocharyan’s case
Vazgen Rshtuni, an Armenian Court of Appeals judge, 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 ...
06/04/2019Karabakh presidents ask Armenia’s prosecutor general to release Robert Kocharyan from custody
... at large during the entire period of the upcoming legal process," their request says. A press secretary for the Prosecutor General's Office Arevik Khachatryan said that an official comment would be provided later. On December 7, 2018 Armenia’s Court of Appeals upheld the judgment of a lower court on remanding Robert Kocharyan. Kocharyan, who served two terms as president of Armenia in 1998-2008 and is charged with toppling constitutional order in collusion with other persons in 2008 March. ...
05/07/2019Spayka head to be released after paying one billion drams
... grounds for his arrest have been dropped. It explained that the decision was taken by prosecutors after Ghazaryan paid one billion drams (the equivalent of about 2.1 million US dollars) to the so-called single bank account. On April 30 Armenia’s Court of Appeals declined a petition to release David Ghazaryanon on bail. His lawyer Arsen Sardaryan said that Spayka was ready to provide any reasonable amount if Ghazaryan were released on bail, saying also there was no reason to believe that while ...
05/06/2019Armenian court rejects petition requesting release of former MP on bail
... $20,800) bail. Judge Mnatsakan Martirosyan left unchanged the earlier ruling on pre-trial arrest of Grigoryan. "The defense petition for release of Girgoyan on bail is rejected because of being ungrounded," he said. On January 22 Armenia’s Court of Appeals ruled Manvel Grigoryan be taken into custody again pending trial. Earlier, on June 19, 2018 the Armenian parliament voted to allow law-enforcement authorities to prosecute Manvel Grigoryan, elected on the ticket of the Republican Party ...
05/02/2019Armenian Court of Appeals declines petition to release Spayka head on bail
Armenia’s Court of Appeals has declined today a petition to release David Ghazaryan, the head of Spayka company, on bail, his lawyer Arsen Sardaryan said. On April 29 Sardaryan said Spayka was ready to provide any reasonable amount if Ghazaryan were released on ...
04/30/2019Armenian court extends ex-president Kocharyan’s arrest for another two months
... the Special Investigative Service, Kocharyna’s defense lawyer Aram Orbelyan told reporters. Orbelyan said the defense lawyers’ petition to release Kocharyan on bail was rejected. He said the first instance court referred to two decisions of the Court of Appeals, allowing Kocharyna’s arrest. Orbelyan said the court ruled out the possibility that Kocharyan would hide if he were released on bail, but believes that if at large he would influence the course of the case. On December 7, 2018 Armenia’s ...
03/15/2019US Department of State’s report on human rights practices for 2018 says there are no political prisoners in Armenia
... presidential staff Armen Gevorgyan, and former president Robert Kocharyan. Kocharyan was charged on July 27 with Article 300.1 of the criminal code, overthrowing the constitutional order, in connection with the March 1 2008 protests. On August 13, the court of appeals released him from pretrial detention. After a Court of Cassation determination that presidential immunity did not apply to his charges, he was arrested again on December 7. The investigations into the cases were ongoing at year’s end....
03/14/2019Robert Kocharyan to remain in detention pending trial
... charged with toppling constitutional 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 not be prosecuted for the 2008 March 1 post-election violence. The court based its decision on Article 140 of the Armenian Constitution, which says that during the term of his or her powers and thereafter, the President ...
02/07/2019NSS to make statement regarding ex-president Kocharyan’s family business
... Service Artur Vanetsyan told reporters on Friday. He said there is a criminal case initiated against the business belonging to the Kocharyan family. An investigation is underway and the results will soon be made public. On December 7, 2018 Armenia’s Court of Appeals upheld the judgment of a lower court on remanding Robert Kocharyan. Kocharyan, who served two terms as president in 1998-2008 and is charged with toppling constitutional order in collusion with other persons in 2008 March. Kocharyan ...
02/01/2019Armenia’s Constitutional Court declines to consider lawsuit filed by ex-president Robert Kocharyan’s lawyers
... defense lawyers, the latter said in a statement. According to it, the ruling of the Court was made on January 25th. Kocharyan’s lawyers filed the lawsuit on January 8, the main subject of which are legislative regulations concerning the authority of the Court of Appeals to ensure uniform application of laws and other legal regulations acts, which are used as a basis for consideration of a cassation appeal, as stipulated by paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Article 414.2 of the Criminal Code. Kocharyan’s lawyers ...
01/30/2019Armenia’s Court of Appeals postpones consideration of application by defense layers of former president Kocharyan
Armenia’s 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 ...
01/29/2019Manvel Grigoryan to be taken into custody again pending trial
Armenia’s Court of Appeals had ruled today that a former MP Manvel Grigoryan be taken into custody again pending trial, according to aysor.am. YEREVAN, January 22. /ARKA/. Armenia’s Court of Appeals had ruled today that a former MP Manvel Grigoryan be taken ...
01/22/2019Armenian court extends ex-president’s arrest for another two months
... two months, prosecutor Vahagn Muradyan told reporters. He said Kocharyan’s lawyers' request to release their client on bail was rejected. According to Kocharyan’s lawyer Aram Oreblyan, he and other defense lawyers have again taken the case to the Court of Appeals. On December 7, 2018 Armenia’s Court of Appeals upheld the judgment of a lower court on remanding Robert Kocharyan. Kocharyan, who served two terms as president in 1998-2008 and is charged with toppling constitutional order in collusion ...
01/18/2019New judge to consider Kocharyan’s lawyers’ petition for his release from custody on bail
... consideration of the petition is scheduled for January 14. The judge is also to consider another petition by an investigator of the Special Investigation Service to extend the arrest of the former president for another two months. On December 7 Armenia’s Court of Appeals upheld the judgment of a lower court on remanding Robert Kocharyan. Kocharyan, who served two terms as president in 1998-2008 and is charged with toppling constitutional order in collusion with other persons in 2008 March. A Yerevan ...
01/14/2019Armenian ex-president’s lawyers ask SIS to stop criminal prosecution against their client
... lawyers will be periodically inform the public about the current and further petitions and complaints, their content, the review process and responses as far as they do not contain investigative secrets," the statement said. On December 7 Armenia’s Court of Appeals upheld the judgment of a lower court on remanding Robert Kocharyan. Kocharyan, who served two terms as president in 1998-2008 and is charged with toppling constitutional order in collusion with other persons in 2008 March. A Yerevan ...
01/11/2019Putin congratulates former Armenian president Kocharyan on New Year
... Earlier, a spokesman for Kocharyan told Novosti Armenia news agency that Putin congratulated Kocharyan. A court in Yerevan is expected to consider today a petition by Kocharyan’s lawyers for his release from custody on bail. On December 7 Armenia’s Court of Appeals upheld the judgment of a lower court on remanding Robert Kocharyan. Kocharyan, who served two terms as president in 1998-2008, is charged with toppling constitutional order in collusion with other persons in 2008 March. A Yerevan district ...
12/28/2018No instructions given to Armenia’s judicial system, including ex-president Kocharyan’s case, Pashinyan says
... calls made by Arthur Vanetsyan to Pashinyan from Switzerland in July in which they speak about criminal charges brought against former president Robert Kocharyan and Yuri Khachaturov, the then secretary general of the (CSTO). On December 7 Armenia’s Court of Appeals upheld the judgment of a lower court on remanding Robert Kocharyan. Kocharyan, who served two terms as president in 1998-2008, is charged with toppling constitutional order in collusion with other persons in 2008 March. A Yerevan district ...
12/09/2018Armenia’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 today the judgment ...
12/07/2018Armenian prosecutor general finds Robert Kocharyan’s pretrial detention necessary
... court. He was charged with violating Armenia constitutional order in March 2008, when in a post-election standoff eight civilians and two police officers were killed. Kocharyan was released from custody later on travel restrictions, after Armenia’s Court of Appeals ruled that he could not be prosecuted for the post-election violence. The ruling was backed by Article 140 of the Armenian Constitution, which says that during the term of his or her powers and thereafter, the President of the Republic ...
11/28/2018Armenia’s Court of Cassation refers Kocharyan’s case for further investigation
... 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 from custody on June 13 after the Court of Appeals ruled that he could not be prosecuted for the 2008 March 1 post-election violence. One of his defense lawyers said that the court based its decision on Article 140 of the Armenian Constitution, which says that during the term of his ...
11/15/2018Robert Kocharyan’s son sues Armenian national security service head
... by the first Armenian president Levon Ter-Petrosyan, who set off 10 days of nonstop protests that led to the crackdown on March 1, in which 10 people were killed and more than 200 injured. Kocharyan was released from custody later, after Armenia’s Court of Appeals ruled that he could not be prosecuted for the post-election violence. The ruling was backed by Article 140 of the Armenian Constitution, which says that during the term of his or her powers and thereafter, the President of the Republic ...
09/23/2018Head of SIS says audio recording aims to derail investigation into March 1 case
... 1. The servicemen opened fire on residential buildings in Leo Street," Khachatryan said. Former president Robert Kocharyan, arrested on July 27 for two months by a local court, but released from pre-trial custody on August 13, after Armenia’s Court of Appeals ruled that he could not be prosecuted for the post-election violence, is also accused of violating Armenia constitutional order in March 2008, when in a post-election standoff eight civilians and two police officers were killed. The ...
09/11/2018Russia removes ex-defense minister of Armenia from the list of wanted persons
... Harutyunyan's extradition would be refused, because he has been a citizen of Russia since 2002. Former president Robert Kocharyan, arrested on July 27 for two months by a local court, but released from pre-trial custody on August 13, after Armenia’s Court of Appeals ruled that he could not be prosecuted for the post-election violence, is also accused of violating Armenia constitutional order in March 2008, when in a post-election standoff eight civilians and two police officers were killed. The ...
09/07/2018Kocharyan's lawyers to appeal against decision prohibiting him from traveling abroad
... opposition, led by the first Armenian president Levon Ter-Petrosyan, who set off 10 days of nonstop protests that led to the crackdown on March 1, in which 10 people were killed and more than 200 injured. Kocharyan was released from custody after Armenia’s Court of Appeals ruled that he could not be prosecuted for the post-election violence. The ruling was backed by Article 140 of the Armenian Constitution, which says that during the term of his or her powers and thereafter, the President of the Republic ...
09/05/2018US ambassador comments on Lavrov’s statement on ‘boiling’ situation in Armenia
... opposition, led by the first Armenian president Levon Ter-Petrosyan, who set off 10 days of nonstop protests that led to the crackdown on March 1, in which 10 people were killed and more than 200 injured. Kocharyan was released from custody after Armenia’s Court of Appeals ruled that he could not be prosecuted for the post-election violence. The ruling was backed by Article 140 of the Armenian Constitution, which says that during the term of his or her powers and thereafter, the President of the Republic ...
09/05/2018Pashinyan comments on Lavrov’s remarks about ‘boiling’ situation in Armenia
... opposition, led by the first Armenian president Levon Ter-Petrosyan, who set off 10 days of nonstop protests that led to the crackdown on March 1, in which 10 people were killed and more than 200 injured. Kocharyan was released from custody after Armenia’s Court of Appeals ruled that he could not be prosecuted for the post-election violence. The ruling was backed by Article 140 of the Armenian Constitution, which says that during the term of his or her powers and thereafter, the President of the Republic ...
09/04/2018Pashinyan rules out Kocharyan’s political comeback
... opposition, led by the first Armenian president Levon Ter-Petrosyan, who set off 10 days of nonstop protests that led to the crackdown on March 1, in which 10 people were killed and more than 200 injured. Kocharyan was released from custody after Armenia’s Court of Appeals ruled that he could not be prosecuted for the post-election violence. The ruling was backed by Article 140 of the Armenian Constitution, which says that during the term of his or her powers and thereafter, the President of the Republic ...
08/22/2018Head of Heritage party sees no threat in Kocharyan’s comeback
... Hovhannesyan told reporters on Monday. Kocharyan announced his return to active politics on August 13 in an interview with the Yerkir Media TV channel. Hovhanessyan, Armenia’s first 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 pre-trial custody on August 13. He is accused of violating Armenia ...
08/20/2018Armenian law-enforcers searching former president Kocharyan’s mansion and office
... opposition, led by the first Armenian president Levon Ter-Petrosyan, who set off 10 days of nonstop protests that led to the crackdown on March 1, in which 10 people were killed and more than 200 injured. Kocharyan was released from custody after Armenia’s Court of Appeals ruled that he could not be prosecuted for the post-election violence. The ruling was backed by Article 140 of the Armenian Constitution, which says that during the term of his or her powers and thereafter, the President of the Republic ...
08/20/2018Pashinyan promises to hold accountable all those involved in 2008 March bloody events
... using the Armenian armed forces against opposition supporters who demonstrated in Yerevan in the wake of the disputed presidential election held in February 2008. Kocharyan, arrested on July 27, was released from custody on June 13 after Armenia’s Court of Appeals ruled that he could not be prosecuted for the post-election violence. One of his defense lawyers, Ruben Sahakyan, said that the court based its decision on Article 140 of the Armenian Constitution, which says that during the term of his ...
08/17/2018Armenia’s ex-president says charges against him are politically motivated
... first Armenian president Levon Ter-Petrosyan, who set off 10 days of nonstop protests that led to the crackdown on March 1, in which 10 people were killed and more than 200 injured. Kocharyan was released from custody on August 13 after Armenia’s Court of Appeals ruled that he could not be prosecuted for the post-election violence. The ruling was backed by Article 140 of the Armenian Constitution, which says that during the term of his or her powers and thereafter, the President of the Republic ...
08/17/2018Ex-president Kocharyan announces his political comeback
... 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. Kocharyan was released from custody on June 13 after Armenia’s Court of Appeals ruled that he could not be prosecuted for the post-election violence. One of his defense lawyers, Ruben Sahakyan, said that the court based its decision on Article 140 of the Armenian Constitution, which says that during the term of his ...
08/16/2018Kocharyan’s defense lawyers say they would take the case to European Court of Human Rights
... for former Armenian president Robert Kocharyan, accused of overthrowing the constitutional order, said today he and his colleagues will take the case to the European Court of Human Rights if Armenia’s Court of Cassation revokes the decision of the Court of Appeals to release Kocharyan from custody. YEREVAN, August 16. /ARKA/. Hayk Alumyan, a defense lawyer for former Armenian president Robert Kocharyan, accused of overthrowing the constitutional order, said today he and his colleagues will ...
08/16/2018Ex-president of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan to be interrogated regarding March 1 case
... 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. Kocharyan was released from custody on June 13 after Armenia’s Court of Appeals ruled that he could not be prosecuted for the post-election violence. One of his defense lawyers, Ruben Sahakyan, said that the court based its decision on Article 140 of the Armenian Constitution, which says that during the term of his ...
08/16/2018Kocharyan’s office denounces new authorities’ attack on dissent
... against their opponents, especially against those whose political weight and prospects are a source of serious concern for them, " the ex-president's office said in the statement. Kochariyn was released from custody on June 13 when Armenia’s Court of Appeals ruled that he could not be prosecuted for the 2008 March 1 post-election violence. One of his defense lawyers, Ruben Sahakyan, said that the court based its decision on Article 140 of the Armenian Constitution, which says that during ...
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