Georgian court frees ethnic Armenian activist

Arminfo
27 Apr 07

Akhalkalaki, 27 April: The former mayor of Akhalkalaki, Nairi
Irintsyan, was released on bail for 3,000 lari (1,800 dollars) at
1400 local time [0900 gmt] today till the end of the investigation,
according to the decision of the court of first instance of Georgia’s
Samtskhe-Javakheti Region.

Javakhk-Info says that the member of the board of the United Javakhk
Movement and member of the district sakrebulo of Akhalkalaki, Nairi
Irintsyan, and an activist of the same movement, Artur Poghosyan,
were arrested because of an argument with the driver of an Akhalkalaki
regional judge on 24 April. The report also said that the court of
first instance in Georgia’s Samtskhe-Javakheti Region ruled on 25
April to extend the detention of Artur Poghosyan for two more months.