1.5 YEARS ON PROBATION AND EXILE

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[07:08 pm] 04 December, 2006

Today the trial of Vahagn Chakhalyan, member of the presidium of
democratic union "United Javakhq" was over. Let us remind you that
he was accused of illegal crossing of the state border.

The court of the first instance of Shirak region decided to put Vahagn
Chakhalyan on probation for 1.5 years. After the court arrived at the
verdict, the police stopped Chakhalyan returning to Yerevan and said
they had an order to banish him from the country.

Nevertheless, they represented no legal ground for the decision.

The police refused Chakhalyan’s request to leave the country the next
day together with his pregnant wife.