SIS files new motion to prolong Robert Kocharyan’s pre-trial detention by 2 months

SIS files new motion to prolong Robert Kocharyan’s pre-trial detention by 2 months

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YEREVAN, MARCH 12, ARMENPRESS. The Special Investigation Service of Armenia has filed a new motion to prolong the pre-trial detention of 2nd President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan by 2 months. The court hearing is scheduled on March 13 at 12:30, reads the statement issued by the lawyers of Robert Kocharyan.  

On January 18 the court of 1st instance approved the motion of the SIS to extend the pre-trial detention of Robert Kocharyan by two months.

Former President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan was charged by the Special Investigative Service in July 2018 for breaching constitutional order during the 2008 March 1 unrest that claimed lives of 10 people.

Edited and  translated by Tigran Sirekanyan