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30/10/2019 14:02Armenia takes note of the observation of Venice Commission, ready to disperse concerns: Armenia’s justice minister“The situation created over Constitutional Court is not the issue of mutual respect but the result of election of the CC president in doubtful circumstances. This issue has not been created now, but during his election in the post,” Badasyan said.
30/10/2019 13:43Court of Cassation takes Robert Kocharyan’s lawyer’s motion into proceedingThe Court of Cassation has taken into proceeding the motion of the lawyer of Armenia’s second president Robert Kocharyan, Hovhannes Khudoyan to terminate the May 20, 2019 decision of the court of first instance...
30/10/2019 13:28Venice Commission’s statement rather tough, registers political persecution component in Hrayr Tovmasyan’s case: lawmakerPetrosyan expressed conviction that the statement of the Venice Commission makes the existence of the component of political persecution against CC president Hrayr Tovmasyan clear.
30/10/2019 12:49SIS chief describes ban of Arsen Babayan’s meeting with his underage children misunderstandingAsked how the meeting with his underage children will impede the process, Khachatryan said he has no information that Babayan’s meeting with his children was banned.
30/10/2019 12:24SIS chief refuses to answer about possibility of involving Hrayr Tovmasyan as defendantAsked whether the SIS must get the CC’s permission for it, Khachatryan responded, “For interrogation? For just interrogation? No.”
29/10/2019 23:49Gianni Buquicchio: Armenia’s CC chairman appeared under attack, pressure exerted against himHe also noted that Armenia’s justice minister clearly stated at the plenary session of the Venice Commission that Armenia’s government has not exerted any pressure on the judges and will not do it in future as well.
29/10/2019 16:50Human rights advocate Avetik Ishkhanyan, Artsakh Ombudsman Artak Beglaryan apply to law enforcers to relieve Arsen Babayan under their personal guaranteesThey also reported about sending a motion on the basis of the references to the supervising prosecutor to change the preventive measure against Arsen Babayan and setting him free.
29/10/2019 16:38Tendency to divide media field into “friends and foes” should be condemned: statementSafaryan listed few mass media which he said were not invited being just “propaganda means.” He even stressed that if the media mentioned by him appear in the event they would be asked to leave.
29/10/2019 15:08Lawyer: We are dealing with another illegal pressure on Hrayr Tovmasyan: News.amAccording to him, Hrayr Tovmasyan did not have any authority in connection with the alienation or privatization of the site indicated in the statement of the SS, he did not and does not have direct or indirect connection with this site. “
29/10/2019 11:23Law enforcement bodies must be cautious in this case: justice minister on cases against Arsen Babayan and Ara Babloyan“In case of such issues the law enforcers must be cautious as such developments may get other interpretation,” he said.
29/10/2019 11:16Rustam Badasyan has no wish to meet with Nairi Hunanyan“I have no wish to meet him,” Badasyan told the reporters.
28/10/2019 19:12Charges against Babloyan raise number of juridical questions: attorney“We do not admit the charges under the both articles, we find them to be ungrounded. They raise a number of questions from juridical viewpoint,” he said.
28/10/2019 19:05European Court of Human Rights receives Robert Kocharyan’s applicationsECHR Secretariat informed the defense team that the applications were received on October 17 and 18 and that the court will examine them at the first opportunity.
28/10/2019 18:52I absolutely disagree, the charges are unlawful: Ara Babloyan on charges instituted against him“I absolutely disagree and state that the charges are unlawful. Whatever I have done I have done it in accordance with the Constitution and laws, there were no initial arrangements,” Babloyan said.
28/10/2019 18:17Former NA speaker Ara Babloyan being chargedOn October 22 SIS involved Babloyan as a suspect in the case instituted for usurpation of CC authorities.