09/10/2013 15:25
HAK activist Tigran Arakelian rejects amnesty offer
At the court sitting today, activist of the opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) Tigran Arakelian rejected the amnesty offered to him, saying that he is subjected to political persecution.
Judge Eva Darbinian denied the petition of lawyer Mushegh Shushanian for changing Arakelian’s measure of restraint. In her words, in case of an amnesty, the grounds for keeping T. Arakelian is custody are no longer valid. Arakelian declared that he rejects the amnesty and he was escorted from the courtroom.