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Court rejects bail request
The Appellate Court today rejected advocates' petition on releasing young opposition activist Tigran Arakelyan on bail.
Remind that last week a Yerevan court extended Arakelian's pre-trial detention for another two months. Arakelian's defense attorney Vartuhi Elbakian appealed the court decision at the Appellate Court.
Tigran Arakelian is charged with hooliganism (Article 285 of the Criminal Code) after an alleged assault on a police officer. He was detained on July 1 and faces up to five years in prison.
Arakelian, who is currently in prison hospital, has serious health problems. He continues to complain of deteriorating eyesight and headaches, which he insists is the result of the head injuries inflicted on him by police.
