VAHAGN CHAXALYAN IS SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS OF IMPRISONMENT

LRAGIR.AM
12:00:29 – 08/04/2009

On April 6-7, at the regional court of Akhaltsakha, the final trials
of the Armenian from Javakhk, political activist, leader of the
"United Javakhk" political movement Vahagn Chaxalyan, his father
Ruben Chaxalyan and his younger brother Armen Chaxalyan.

The court found guilty Vahagn Chaxalyan of all the counts of the case
and was sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment.

Ruben Chaxalyan was found guilty and was imposed a fine of 2, 000
Georgian lari (1, 200) dollars.

The Chaxalyans are going to appeal to the European Court of Human
rights.