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Haykakan Zhamanak, Armenia
June 4 2010
Armenian opposition activist arrested on hooliganism charges
An Armenian opposition activist was arrested for two months on charges
of "group hooliganism" in Yerevan on 3 June, the pro-opposition daily
Haykakan Zhamanak reported on 4 June. Davit Kiramijyan was detained
during a protest staged by the opposition Armenian National Congress
in the centre of Yerevan on 31 May, when policemen and men in civilian
clothes attacked the protesters, the paper said. A court of law in
Yerevan's Kentron and Nork-Marash districts upheld a request of the
Special Investigation Service, which is carrying out an investigation
into the activist's case, and ruled on 3 June that Kiramijyan be
arrested for two months.
Kiramijyan's lawyer, Lusine Sahakyan, has told the paper that the
prosecution has been unable to present any evidence to prove
Kiramijyan's guilt or the necessity of choosing arrest as a preventive
measure. Sahakyan said her defendant was subjected to violence when
brought to a police department on 31 May, the paper reported. The
lawyer told the paper that Kiramijyan was "yet another hostage" of the
authorities, who "take hostages in order to break the will of people
rebelling for the sake of freedom and protection of their own rights".
Two other young people who were detained on 31 May, Haykakan Zhamanak
reporter Ani Gevorgyan and her brother, were released on 3 June after
submitting written undertakings not to leave the city, Haykakan
Zhamanak said.
From: A. Papazian
June 4 2010
Armenian opposition activist arrested on hooliganism charges
An Armenian opposition activist was arrested for two months on charges
of "group hooliganism" in Yerevan on 3 June, the pro-opposition daily
Haykakan Zhamanak reported on 4 June. Davit Kiramijyan was detained
during a protest staged by the opposition Armenian National Congress
in the centre of Yerevan on 31 May, when policemen and men in civilian
clothes attacked the protesters, the paper said. A court of law in
Yerevan's Kentron and Nork-Marash districts upheld a request of the
Special Investigation Service, which is carrying out an investigation
into the activist's case, and ruled on 3 June that Kiramijyan be
arrested for two months.
Kiramijyan's lawyer, Lusine Sahakyan, has told the paper that the
prosecution has been unable to present any evidence to prove
Kiramijyan's guilt or the necessity of choosing arrest as a preventive
measure. Sahakyan said her defendant was subjected to violence when
brought to a police department on 31 May, the paper reported. The
lawyer told the paper that Kiramijyan was "yet another hostage" of the
authorities, who "take hostages in order to break the will of people
rebelling for the sake of freedom and protection of their own rights".
Two other young people who were detained on 31 May, Haykakan Zhamanak
reporter Ani Gevorgyan and her brother, were released on 3 June after
submitting written undertakings not to leave the city, Haykakan
Zhamanak said.
From: A. Papazian