The hearing in the case of Sargis Hakobyan, accused of assaulting his wife, continued Tuesday at the Gegharkunik District Court of First Instance. Prosecutor Lazaryan made a motion to attach to the case and be admitted as evidence Sargis Hakobyan and his wife Hasmik Khachatryan's daughter Varsik Hakobyan's testimony that her mother never hit her.
Hetq journalist Ani Hovhannisyan yesterday evening was questioned by Senior Gavar Police Investigator H.V. Mkrtchyan, who informed her in writing that on the basis of her report, a criminal case (No. 40101214) on grounds of RA Criminal Code Article 258 Section 1 ("hooliganism") was launched on May 8 , 2014, with the Gavar Police Department’s Investigative Division. An investigation is underway.
Senior Investigator Artour Gndoyan, from the Gavar Police Department’s Investigative Division, today questioned Hetq reporter Ani Hovhannisyan about an incident that occurred yesterday outside the Geghargounik Regional Court in Gavar in which the reporter was hindered from doing her work and threatened with death.
Following Wednesday's court hearing of a man accused of assaulting his wife, former leader of the Progressive Socialist Party Robert Aharonyan and others attacked a Hetq journalist and NGO representatives who are supporting the defendant's wife.