AWAITING FOR THE LAWYER

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[02:51 pm] 16 March, 2009

Today’s court hearing on the case of seven oppositionists standing
trial on charges of last year’s unrest in Yerevan City was interrupted
immediately after starting. The Court went into recess waiting for the
arrival of Stepan Voskanyan, lawyer of defendant Grigor Voskerchyan.

Besides the seven defendants removed from the courtroom last week,
lawyers Stepan Voskanyan and Hovik Arsenyan were also absent during
the court hearing. Stepan Voskanyan had notified the Court that
he would be late for the trial because of unfavourable weather
conditions. According to Hovik Arsenyan, his client Sasun Michaelyan
has refused his services. The judge in the case, Mnatsakan Martirosyan,
read out Arsenyan’s application and took a recess of 30 minutes.