GYURMI PROTEST PARTICIPANT CHARGED WITH HOOLIGANISM
02.12.2015 17:03 epress.am
The prosecutor of Shirak marz has charged 22-year old Sarnaghpyur
resident Mnatsakan Aleksanyan with hooliganism, based on the RA
Criminal Code article 25.4, said Aleksanyan’s lawyer Hayk Harutyunyan
to Epress.am. According to him, they found out about the charge today,
when Aleksanyan was called to the investigative unit and was given
the corresponding documents. They also demanded a testimony from
Aleksanyan about the incidents, however the latter found it right to
refuse giving testimony.
Recall, that Aleksanyan was the only one arrested in the framework
of a criminal case initiated over the clashes with police during the
protests on January 15, with articles of hooliganism and violence
against representatives of the authorities. Thousands of people
demonstrated on the day in front the Shirak’s Prosecutor’s office
demanding that the murder suspect of the 7 members of the Avetisyan
family Russian soldier Valery Permyakov be transferred and tried by
Armenian law enforcement. Many witnesses from Gyurmi, Yerevan, and
other provinces to the framework of the case related to the protest
have been examined.
Aleksanyan was called in to be questioned as a witness on January 17.
On February 4 he was called in again as a witness to the investigative
unit but was arrested on the spot . After around two days in custody,
Aleksanyan was released with the assurance that he’d stay in the
country.