Armenian lawyer to defend murdered officer in Budapest

Noyan Tapan news agency
18 Mar 04

YEREVAN

Nazeli Vardanyan, a defence lawyer and member of the international
union of defence lawyers, will leave for Budapest soon. She will
defend the interests of the murdered Armenian officer, Gurgen
Markaryan, in Budapest both at the investigations stage and in
court. A group of five more lawyers has been set up by Armenia’s Union
of Lawyers to provide the necessary methodological assistance to
Nazeli Vardanyan.

A member of the Armenian Union of Lawyers, Ruben Saakyan, who is also
a member of the support group, told Noyan Tapan that the support group
included other members of the union, Araik Matevosyan and Gagik
Sardaryan and also members of the international union of defence
lawyers, Tigran and Marine Dzhanoyan.