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  • First Court Hearing: Admission of French Lawyer Arapian as Defender

    "YERKIR" UNION OF NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS FOR REPATRIATION AND
    SETTLEMENT

    Press-release
    Contact: Robert Tatoyan
    Mobile: +(374 94) 36 17 93
    E-mail: [email protected]

    May 2, 2009
    Yerevan, Armenia

    THE FIRST COURT HEARING IN THE CASE OF REFUSAL TO REGISTER THE FRENCH LAWYER
    PATRICK ARAPIAN WILL BE HELD IN TBILISI ON MAY 7, 2009

    On May 7, 2009 the first hearing in the case of refusal by the Ministry of
    Justice to register Patrick Arapian, a French lawyer and a member of the
    Paris Bar, as a court defender of Javakheti political activist Vahagn
    Chakhalyan will be held at Tbilisi City Court for Administrative Cases.

    The Chakhalyans' interest in this case will be represented by Nino
    Andriashvili, a lawyer of the Georgian non-governmental organization "The
    Human Rights Centre (HRIDC)" seeking to protect and promote human rights and
    basic freedoms in Georgia.

    On February 16, 2009, the Ministry of Justice of Georgia, without providing
    any explanation refused to register Mr. Arapian as defender of Vahagn
    Chahalyan in the ongoing trial. The Ombudsman of Georgia Sozar Subari, in
    his letter addressed to the Minister of Justice Z. Adeishvili recommended
    that the latter should restore the violated rights of the Chahalyans family
    and allow the participation of the French lawyer, but the Georgian
    authorities ignored this recommendation.

    At the demonstrations in defense of Vahagn Chakhalyan that took place in
    Paris on April 14 and 28, the Ambassador of Georgia to France Mamuka Kudava
    received the organizers of the protest action and promised that the Georgian
    authorities would give a positive solution to the question of registration
    of Patrick Arapian.
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