APPEAL COURT LEAVES UNCHANGED DECISION TO PROLONG ZHIRAYR SEFILIAN’S
ARREST BY TWO MONTHS
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 23, NOYAN TAPAN. On February 23, RA Appeal Court
left unchanged the decision of first instance court to prolong the
arrest of Zhirayr Sefilian, Coordinator of Defence of Liberated
Territories NGO, by two months.
NT correspondent was informed about it by initiative’s temporary
Coordinator Armen Aghayan. In his words, the Appeal Court made this
decision on the basis of the circumstance that the first instance
court had made this decision quite legally. A. Aghayan confirmed that
Z. Sefilian’s last message sent to Vahan (Vano) Aroyan who is also
imprisoned, in which Z. Sefilian asked about V. Aroyan’s health, is
presented by investigators as a fact confirming the "criminal"
connection between these two persons. In Aghayan’s words, this
argument of investigators causes a laughter. It was also mentioned
that they do not intend to appeal to the Cassation Court yet, as there
is an apprehension that this intance just will not accept their suit.