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GEORGIAN AUTHORITIES FILE NEW CHARGES AGAINST VAHAGN CHAKHALYAN
armradio.am
15.03.2010 10:51
The Georgian authorities have filed two new charges against the
Javakheti political activist- Vahagn Chakhalyan, who was sentenced
to 10 years of imprisonment on April, 2009.
The first charge is based on the failed attempt of Georgianization
of the Armenian Church in Javakheti village Samsar in July 2005,
the second one is based on the protest manifestation at the
Georgian-Armenian border checkpoint "Zhdanovakan-Bavra" in December
2005.
Vahagn Chakhalyan and his lawyers were informed about this on March 11,
2010 by the investigators of the Akhalkalaki and Ninotsminda Police
departments- Spartak Khechoyan and Gevorg Kspoyan, who visited the
Javakheti political activist for interrogation in Rustavi colony of
strict regime.
According to the investigators, it was the recently published book by
Vahagn Chakhalyan "Prison-political notes" that served as a basis for
filing new charges against its author. The Akhalkalaki police allegedly
found in this book "such evidences" that allow bringing in 2010 new
charges against Javakheti political activist by the criminal cases
opened back in 2005," "Yerkir" Union of Non-governmental Organizations
for Repatriation and Settlement reports.
armradio.am
15.03.2010 10:51
The Georgian authorities have filed two new charges against the
Javakheti political activist- Vahagn Chakhalyan, who was sentenced
to 10 years of imprisonment on April, 2009.
The first charge is based on the failed attempt of Georgianization
of the Armenian Church in Javakheti village Samsar in July 2005,
the second one is based on the protest manifestation at the
Georgian-Armenian border checkpoint "Zhdanovakan-Bavra" in December
2005.
Vahagn Chakhalyan and his lawyers were informed about this on March 11,
2010 by the investigators of the Akhalkalaki and Ninotsminda Police
departments- Spartak Khechoyan and Gevorg Kspoyan, who visited the
Javakheti political activist for interrogation in Rustavi colony of
strict regime.
According to the investigators, it was the recently published book by
Vahagn Chakhalyan "Prison-political notes" that served as a basis for
filing new charges against its author. The Akhalkalaki police allegedly
found in this book "such evidences" that allow bringing in 2010 new
charges against Javakheti political activist by the criminal cases
opened back in 2005," "Yerkir" Union of Non-governmental Organizations
for Repatriation and Settlement reports.