RA COURT OF CASSATION REJECTS CLAIM OF NICOL PASHINYAN’S ATTORNEY

PanARMENIAN.Net
May 5, 2010 – 20:32 AMT 15:32 GMT

Coordinator of the Armenian National Congress Levon Zurabyan said that
the Armenian Court of Cassation rejected the claim submitted by the
attorney of Nikol Pashinyan, the editor-in-chief of Haykakan Zhamanak
newspaper, against the verdict of the Armenian Court of Appeal.

According to Zurabyan, the verdicts of the Armenian judicial instances
have nothing to do with Pashinyan’s case. "We had not been expecting
another decision. Thus, we have passed through all judicial instances
of Armenia and we are going to apply to the European Court of Human
Rights," Levon Zurabyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.

On January 19, 2010, the court of the first instance sentenced Nikol
Pashinyan to seven years of imprisonment in the case of the March 1,
2008, tragic events. The Armenian Court of Appeal upheld the verdict,
but decided to apply amnesty towards Nikol Pashinyan and halve the
term of imprisonment.