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HAMLET ABRAHAMIAN RECOGNIZED `NOT GUILTY’
[07:13 pm] 04 July, 2008

Minutes ago Hamlet Abrahamian, a rally participant, was recognized
`Not Guilty’ by the Kentron and Nork-Marash General Jurisdiction Court
and was released from the detention cell.

Hamlet Abrahamian was accused under Article 316 /using violence
against the authorities/ and had been detained since March 1. As the
witnesses (policemen from Mashtots Police Department) claimed they
were not beaten by Hamlet Abrahamian but they had seen him beating
other people.

After the verdict was announced the relatives and friends of Hamlet
Abrahamian took him out of the court-room on their hands.