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Published on July 02, 2009
PASHINYAN IN COURT
- Tomorrow the Kentron-Nork Marash districts' first instance court will select the precautionary measures to be applied for editor-in-chief of "Haykakan Zhamanak" daily Nikol Pashinyan. Today the trial was postponed for tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. after the approval of Pashinyan's advocates' petition for time to prepare. Let us remind that Pashinyan was charged yesterday with three articles of the Criminal Code, including Part 1 of Article 225 (organizing disturbances), prim-1 of Article 225 (organizing mass events by violating constituted law) and Part 1 of Article 316 (assault against a police officer). Nikol Pashinyan came to court today in handcuffs and before entering the courtroom, screamed "Fight, fight, until the end" to those watching him from a distance. The police did not let the people who had come to greet Pashinyan and the journalists who had come to cover the trial to even pass the gate. Nikol Pashinyan was under persecution for the past year and four months and it had already been decided that imprisonment was the precautionary measure to be applied. However, in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe's Resolution 1677, the Assembly had proposed the Armenian authorities to leave the persecuted who present themselves in liberty until the end of the trial.
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Headlines for July 02, 2009ANDRANIK KOCHARYAN ON THE FACT-FINDING GROUP
Armenian National Congress representative of the disbanded Fact-Finding Group Andranik Kocharyan told "A1+" that the group knew which police officers opened fire on March 1 and who gave the command. Kocharyan ...PASHINYAN IN COURT
Tomorrow the Kentron-Nork Marash districts' first instance court will select the precautionary measures to be applied for editor-in-chief of "Haykakan Zhamanak" daily Nikol Pashinyan. Today the trial ...CHANGED
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Resident of the Arax district of the Armavir region Gevorg Khachatryan told "A1+" today that is he concerned that Armenia's crops will no longer exist and the market will be flooded with Turkey's agricultural ...TRAIN TO ARRIVE IN BATUMI
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The RA Police released information today according to which yesterday police officers were beaten by a group of youth spreading news about the July 2 rally organized by the Armenian National Congress. ...DIRTY WATER FLOWS INTO THE DEBED
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The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis, urged Azerbaijan today to build on the progress that has been achieved in the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement process and in deepening ...VOSKERCHYAN WAS SURPRISED
Grigor Voskerchyan's trial was scheduled for July 6, yet the court decided yesterday to hold the trial today. The reason behind this decision was that a new group had been created after the disbanding ...THERE WAS NO ELECTRICITY AT MATENADARAN
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"Heritage" MP Anahit Bakhshyan cleared things up for "A1+" today in relation to the issue of available broadcasting raised during the June 30 Control Chamber session. "During today's meeting with CC officials, ...JUDGES ARE HOSTAGES
"As for today's rally, all processes are taking place based on the scenario of having the society deal with the situation in the country," said former political prisoner Petros Makeyan to "A1+", adding ...POLITICAL PRISONERS SPOKE
The political prisoners released by amnesty made their speeches today at the Matenadaran. They were all hugging and congratulating each other on their release. In his speech, liberation soldier from Gyumri ...THEY ARE NOT CRUSHED
Former political prisoner Myasnik Malkhasyan assures that the year and four months in prison has not crushed them at all. He sent out his greetings to the Armenian people on behalf of his fellow political ...LEVON TER-PETROSYAN'S SPEECH
Levon Ter-Petrosyan's speech at the July 2 Rally "Dear fellow Armenians, As you all remember, after scheduling our next rally for September 18, we promised to organize rallies and other events in case ...MARCH UNDER THE RAIN
The rally of the Armenian National Congress ended with a march, which was not permitted. The march will pass through Mashtots Avenue, Amiryan Street, Republic Square, Nalbandyan Street, Tumanyan Street ...ABRAHAMYAN IS LEAVING FOR FRANCE AGAIN
The delegation led by NA Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan will leave for France on July 3 to participate in the 35th sitting of the Parliamentary Assembly of Francophonie. Among delegates are Chief of Staff of ...MISSING PERSON RETURNED
On July 1 at 1:30 p.m. the Malatia district's police division received a notice from Margarita A. (born in 1966). According to the notice, on June 30 at 9:40 p.m. Ruzanna Kh., (born in 1966) who works ...PRIME MINISTER WILL ALSO PARTICIPATE
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Today in Armenian history- 1804 The 5000-strong Russian force beseiges Yerevan.
- 1833 Birth of Grigor Chilinkiryan (public figure and translator) in Smyrna. He died in 1923.
- 1833 Death of Ghookas Inchichyan (armenologist and geographer) in Venice. He was born in 1758.
- 1840 An earthquake (Richter Scale: 7.0) occurs at Ararat and affects a 5000 sq. km. area. It kills 1000 people.
- 1915 Russian forces retreat, resulting in a massive flight of Armenians from Van and Vaspoorakan. There are huge losses when the Turkish army massacres the remnants of the Armenian population.
- 1921 The Red Army reaches Goris.
- 1946 The first group of Diasporan Armenians are repatriated to Armenia.
- 1985 The 38th Meeting of UN Sub-Committee discusses and approves the report submitted by Great Britain's Representative, Benjamin Whittaker. The 24th paragraph of this report qualifies the Armenian Massacres as an example of Genocide.
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