NO RESULT IN CHAKHALYAN’S SECOND APPEALS HEARING

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2009/06/01 | 13:41

Diaspora Politics

On May 29, the second appeals hearing took place in the Tbilisi Civil
Court to overturn the decision of the Georgian Ministry of Justice
and to allow the registration of Patrick Arabyan, a member of the
Paris Advocates Collective, to represent Javakhk-Armenian activist
Vahagn Chakhalyan.

The second hearing also resulted in no decision. The justice ministry
presented its documentation regarding the case and the court then
issued a recess until June 15 to study the material.

Mr. Chakhalyan is presently be represented by Nino Andriashvili,
head of the Georgian Human Rights Center, NGO.