Victim failed to show up
The Court of General Jurisdiction of Kentron and Nork-Marash Administrative Districts today resumed the trial against opposition activists David Kiramijyan and Sargis Gevorgyan.
The judge in the case, Mnatsakan Martirosyan, changed the order of evidence examination because the victim, Varazdat Tadevosyan, and witness Lusine Tadevosyan again failed to show up in the courtroom though they had been presented writs of summons.
Advocate Melania Arustamyan says both defendants should be acquitted because their actions were lawful.
"Their right to move [access to Liberty Square] was restricted by the police, which was later viewed as a violation of law," said the advocate.
The court sitting was adjourned till October 5 as Kiramijyan did not show up because of poor health
David Kiramijyan and Sargis Gevorgyan were arrested by plain-clothed policemen on May 31 in a standoff between small groups of protesters and police in Yerevan's Freedom Square. Gevorgyan was charged with violence against a government representative and Kiramijyan with hooliganism.
