Prosecutor wants another month
Court of General Jurisdiction of Yerevan's Kentron and Nork-Marash districts today resumed hearing into the case of Helsinki Association member and legal rights defender Arshaluys Hakobyan.
Judge Gagik Avetisyan granted Prosecutor Hunan Babayan's motion and adjourned the proceedings for another month for the prosecutor to be able to substantiate the accusation.
Arshaluys Hakobyan is charged under Article 316 of the RA Criminal Code (violence against a government representative) and is tried exclusively on the basis of testimonies given by four policemen.
The court hearing of October 16, 2009 was adjourned after Prosecutor Hunan Babayan declared that the charges should either be reviewed or new evidence should be furnished.
Today Prosecutor Hunan Babayan refrained from speaking to journalists.
"They don't want quash charges against Arshaluys Hakobyan. I think they are waiting for something to bring Arshaluys before court," Chairman of Armenian Helsinki Association, Michael Danielyan, said today.
