Judge Davit Grigoryan, who released ex-Armenian President Robert Kocharyan from pre-trial detention on May 18, today halted the entire court case reviewing the post-election protests of March 2008 and has sent the matter to Armenia’s Constitutional C
Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction Judge Davit Grigoryan, in his verdict, noted that he took into consideration the personal guarantees of Artsakh President Bako Sahakyan and former Artsakh President Arkadi Ghukasyan that Kocharyan would behave pr
Kocharyan, who has been charged with usurping state power and bribe taking, said that supporters of presidential candidate Levon Ter-Petrosyan, who received 21.5% of the vote, were staging daily protests in Yerevan.
Today’s the fourth day of former Armenian President Robert Kocharyan detention hearing.
Lawyers for former Armenian President Robert Kocharyan returned to a Yerevan court today to argue for the release of their client from pre-trial detention.
Today’s court hearing to decide whether former Armenian President Robert Kocharyan should remain in pre-trial detention will resume tomorrow.
People again turned out in droves outside the Yerevan courthouse where a hearing to determine whether ex-Armenian President Robert Kocharyan should remain in pre-trial detention is being heard.
Sarkis Kloyan, the father of one of the ten who died during March 1, 2008 post-election violence, showed up today at the Yerevan court to follow proceedings to determine whether ex-Armenian President Robert Kocharyan should remain in pre-trial detent
The presiding judge in the trial of ex-Armenian President Robert Kocharyan has rejected a call that he withdraw from case.
Hundreds of people made their way to a Yerevan courthouse today where a hearing was scheduled to determine whether Robert Kocharyan, Armenia’s second president, should remain in pre-trial detention.
Vardan Grigoryan, the judge presiding in the case of ex-Armenian President Robert Kocharyan and three other former top officials charged with usurping state power in March 2008, has recused himself.
Former Artsakh Minister of Defense Samvel Babayan, who wants to run as a candidate in that country’s 2020 presidential election, has sued the Artsakh Police for cancelling his Artsakh residency status
Yerevan’s Court of General Jurisdiction today rejected an appeal to release former army general Manvel Grigoryan on bail.
A summary of the indictment against Kocharyan and three other former top officials in the March 1, 2008 case was published today in the online DataLex portal.
On 21 April, one of the online newsletters in Armenia, irakanum.am, published the news about the detention of Mihran Poghosyan, a former Chief Compulsory Enforcement Officer (CCEO) of Armenia.
Yerevan’s General Court of Jurisdiction today rejected a motion to release former General Manvel Grigoryan on bail.
Armenia’s Criminal Court of Appeals today let stand a lower court decision to detain ex-President Robert Kocharyan who is awaiting trial on charges of usurping state power in 2008.
Armenia’s Court of Appeals today rejected a motion to overturn a lower court’s decision last month to extend the detention of Manvel Grigoryan by two months.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan today declared that a top priority of his government is the establishment of an independent judiciary in Armenia.
Yerevan’s General Court of Jurisdiction today approved extending the pre-trial detention of former Armenian President Robert Kocharyan, charged with usurping state power in March 2008, by another two months.
Former Armenian President Robert Kocharyan was in the courtroom today at a hearing reviewing a motion filed by the Special Investigative Service (SIS) to extend his pre-trial detention.
Lawyers for ex-Armenian President Robert Kocharyan, now detained and awaiting trial on charges of usurping state power in 2008, have filed two additional complaints with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), arguing that the Armenian government
Around fifty protesters gathered outside a Yerevan courthouse today, demanding justice for member of the Sasna Tzrer armed group now on trial for seizing a Yerevan police station in the summer of 2016.
Armenia’s Criminal Appeals Court has upheld a lower court’s decision to detain Lyova (Levon) Sargsyan, the brother of former Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, on charges of illegal enrichment and concealing property subject to disclosure.
Yerevan’s General Court of Jurisdiction today rejected a motion to release former General Manvel Grigoryan on bail.
On December 14, 2018 a lower court decided not to arrest Gevorgyan, who served as Secretary of Armenia’s National Security Council during the crackdown on political unrest in March 2008.
Armenia’s Court of Appeals today rejected a motion to overturn a lower court’s decision to arrest former Armenian Minister of Nature Protection Aram Harutyunyan, charged with taking bribes and money laundering while minister in 2008.
Hetq sources say that former Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan concluded his testimonty in a Yerevan court yesterday as a witness in the ongoing case investigating the post 2008 presidential election protests.
“He told us that he’s convinced, yet again, that this case isn’t pursuing justice, but that it’s politically-driven,” Alumyan said, adding that today’s verdict would be appealed.
Ex-Armenian President Robert Kocharyan will remain behind bars as he awaits trial on charges of usurping state power in March 2008.
Armenia’s Criminal Court of Appeals today rescinded a lower court’s ruling to arrest Vahagn Harutyunyan, who headed a government-sponsored committee in 2008 tasked with investigating the post-presidential election violence that killed ten in Yerevan.
Hetq sources say that former Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan testified in a Yerevan court on February 1 for six hours as a witness in the ongoing case investigating the post 2008 presidential election protests.
In court today, ex-Armenian President Robert Kocharyan today took the stand for two hours, countering charges that he ordered the army to suppress public protests following the February 2008 presidential election.
Hetq sources say ex-Armenian President Robert Kocharyan was brought from his holding cell to the Criminal Court of Appeals today to hear his lawyers argue for the overturning of a lower court decision to extend his pre-trial detention by two months.
Ruben Sahakyan, one of the lawyers defending ex-Armenian President Robert Kocharyan who’s been charged with usurping state power during the March 1, 2008 post-election public protests, told reporters today that it was Levon Ter-Petrosyan and his supp
Armenia’s Criminal Court of Appeals today denied a motion, filed by the State Prosecutor’s Office, to arrest former Deputy Prime Minister Armen Gevorgyan, charged with money laundering, accepting bribes, and obstructing justice in the wake of Armenia
Also found at Grigoryan’s summer house were boxes of supplies allocated by the Ministry of Defense and clearly marked “For Soldiers”, and not intended for resale.
Yerevan’s Court of General jurisdiction today extended the pre-trial detention of ex-Armenian President Robert Kocharyan by another two months.
Yerevan’s General Court of Jurisdiction today issued an arrest warrant for former Armenian Minister of Nature Protection Aram Harutyunyan, charged with taking bribes and money laundering while minister in 2008.
Armenian Criminal Court of Appeals Judge Arsen Nikoghosyan has rejected a second motion, filed by the defense team of former General Manvel Grigoryan, that he recuse himself from the trial as to whether Grigoryan should be rearrested.
When asked today by reporters whether he was a member of an alleged secret special group, working out of the Presidential Palace in March 2008, that was monitoring post-election protests in Yerevan and issuing directives designed to prop up the
Judge Artur Mkrtchyan will announce on Friday whether ex-Armenian President Robert Kocharyan, now detained on charges of usurping state power during the March 1, 2008 post-election public protests, is eligible for bail or not.
Armenia’s State Prosecutor’s Office today announced that it has charged former Armenian Minister of Defense Seyran Ohanyan as part of its investigation looking into the post-election protests of March 2008 that killed ten in Yerevan.
While Armenia’s Criminal Court of Appeals was today reviewing a petition filed by the State Prosecutor’s Office protesting the pre-trial release of former General Manvel Grigoryan, scores of people from Etchmiadzin, a town once controlled by the Grig
Demonstrators calling for the re-arrest of retired Armenian General Manvel Grigoryan surrounded the Criminal Court of Appeals in Yerevan where Judge Arsen Nikoghosyan was reviewing a motion filed by the State Prosecutor’s Office seeking the overturni
Armenian Criminal Appeals Court Judge Ruzanna Barseghyan was busy today hearing complaints filed by state prosecutors and defense lawyers in the case of former Deputy Prime Minister Armen Gevoryan, charged with money laundering, accepting bribes, and
A Yerevan court judge today recused herself from the pre-trial detention case of ex-Armenian President Robert Kocharyan, charged with usurping state power during the March 1, 2008 post-election public protests.
A Yerevan court will today review a motion requesting that ex-Armenian President Robert Kocharyan be released from pre-trial detention on bail.
Zaruhi Postanjyan, who heads Armenia’s Yerkir Tsirani political party, says she wants to serve as the lawyer for some of the Sasna Tzrer defendants charged with seizing a Yerevan police building in 2016.