The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has responded to the complaints filed by former Armenian President Robert Kocharyan’s lawyers. The court found that the legislation has undergone changes, while the authorities seek to try Kocharyan under a stricter article, which has been introduced much later, deeming the process as “unacceptable”, Russian media outlet Vesti.ru reported.
The media outlet reminds that Kocharyan was initially arrested in July 2018 on charges of “overthrowing the constitutional order” while dispersing the 2008 post-election protests.
The ex-president was freed in May 2019 to be arrested again in June as the Court of Appeals overturned the lower court ruling.
Kocharyan dismisses the charges as “fabricated and politically motivated”.
Currently the former Armenian president is recovering from a surgery at a Yerevan hospital.
