Taking into account the fact that H. Gevorgyan is charged of committing a crime of not great gravity, was not previously convicted and has a permanent place of residence, the prosecutor considered that there is no need to keep him under arrest.
Jailed Haykakan Zhamanak reporter Hayk Gevorgyan has been freed after spending 72 hours in detention after being arrested on February 3.
The newspaper Haykakan Zhamanak has declared that yesterday’s arrest of reporter Hayk Gevorgyan was a result of his journalistic activities and not due to some traffic accident as announced by the police.
This morning police arrested Haykanan Zhamanak reporter Hayk Gevorgyan on charges that he fled the scence of a traffic accident.