The Yerevan Court of First Instance denied the motion to arrest Aghasi Khachatryan, 17, and released him from detention. His legal defender Sergey Harutyunyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am about this.

"This can be considered a rather positive process for the case. Besides, this proves that there are still honest and decent judges left in the system," the attorney said.

Khachatryan was detained along the lines of the criminal case into the June 3 clashes between police and participants in the opposition Resistance Movement at the Proshyan-Demirchyan intersection— near government mansions

The minor was charged with carrying out mass riots.