Prosecutor demands three years for opposition activists
Court of General Jurisdiction of Kentron and Nork-Marash Administrative Districts today resumed hearing into the case of opposition activists Sargis Gevorgyan and David Kiramijyan charged with hooliganism, disturbance of public order and violence against a representative of authorities.
Prosecutor Harutyun Harutyunyan petitioned the court to sentence the defendants to three years' conditional sentence given their positive testimonial.
Sargis Gevorgyan and David Kiramijyan have not admitted guilt.
As previously reported, the accused were attempting to stroll through Liberty Square on May 31, when police officers detained them, along with 15 others (including 3 journalists). They were taken under arrest amid opposition's attempts to "regain" Liberty Square - a site from which the opposition has been banned after the deadly clashes of March 1, 2008 which resulted in clashes with security forces, human deaths and destructions in downtown Yerevan.
Kiramijyan is accused under Article 258 of Armenia's Criminal Code (hooliganism), while Gevorgyan is charged under Article 316 (violence against a representative of the authorities)
The defence attorney is scheduled to make a speech on December 20.
