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    COURT OF APPEALS REJECTS SHANT HARUTYUNYAN AND FRIENDS' APPEAL AND LEAVES THE SENTENCE UNCHANGED.

    02.02.2015 17:18 epress.am

    The Court of Appeals rejected the Tseghakron Party leader Shant
    Harutyunyan and his friends' appeal and left the verdict by the Court
    of First Instance in power.

    On October 17, 2014, the Kentron and Nork Marash District Universal
    Court found Shant Harutyunyan and his friends guilty for acts of
    hooliganism during aNovember 5, 2013 protest.

    Both Albert Margaryan and Vahe Lazarian were also found guilty for
    using violence against a representative of the authorities. 3 of them,
    Mkrtich Hovhannisyan, Albert Margaryan, Vahe Lazarian are also accused
    of violence toward a representative of the authorities, which foresaw 5
    to 10 years imprisonment. Hayk Harutyunyan is accused of hooliganism,
    unlawful possession of psychotropic substances without the purpose of
    sale. The prosecutor had demanded that defendant Vahe Lazarian be
    sentenced to 8.5 years imprisonment, Albert Margaryan with 8 years,
    Vardan Vardanyan, Liparit Petrosyan, Avetis Avetisyan with 6.5 years,
    Alek Poghosyan and Hayk Harutyunyan with 6 years, Mkrtich Hovhannesyan
    5.5 years, Misak Mnatsakanyan, Armen Hovhannisyan and Tigran Petrosyan
    with 4 years. Gevork Gevorkyan has motioned that Misak Arakelyan be
    fined 50,000 AMD.

    The Judge Mnatsakan Martirosyan officially sentenced Shant Harutyunyan
    to 6 years imprisonment, Albert Margaryan also received 6 years,
    Vahe Lazarian 7 years, Liparit Poghosyan 5 years, Vardan Vardanyan
    5 years, Hayk Harutyunyan 4 years 6 months, Alek Poghosyan 4 years,
    Mkrtich Hovhannisyan 4 years, Armen Hovhannisyan 2 years, Sevak
    Mnatsakanyan 1 years 6 months, Tigran Petrosyan 1 year, and Misak
    Arakellyan was fined fifty times the minimum salary.

    The defendants do not admit their guilt, noting that there
    were provocateurs and plainclothes police officers incited the
    conflict during the rally. Several local human rights activists and
    international organizations consider the men political prisoners.

    http://www.epress.am/en/2015/02/02/court-of-appeals-rejects-shant-harutyunyan-and-friends-appeal-and-leaves-the-sentence-unchanged.html

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