Journalists in car accident
A "VAZ-2107" curved off the Yerevan-Gyumri road today. The passengers in the car were journalists.
The journalists were heading toward the Artik penitentiary where the outgoing trial for the case of "Haykakan Zhamanak" newspaper's editor-in-chief Nikol Pashinyan was going to take place.
In the car were journalist for E press Lilit Tadevosyan, cameraman Tigran Hakobyan, photographer Gagik Shamshyan and photographer for PhotoLur Tigran Tadevosyan. As Lilit Tadevosyan told "A1+", the car was damaged and they didn't receive any injuries. The journalists were able to take another car to Yerevan.
Neither Judge Eva Darbinyan nor the attorneys were able to make it to Artik due to heavy snowfall.
Nikol Pashinyan's attorney Yervand Varosyan told "A1+" that they had to return to Yerevan.
"Nobody was able to reach Artik penitentiary. We are going back practically by foot," said the attorney, adding that the trial will most probably be postponed.
Let us remind that Judge Eva Darbinyan had decided to hold an outgoing trial at the Artik penitentiary in order for Nikol Pashinyan to be present. The latter wasn't able to be in court during the previous trial.
Nikol Pashinyan's attorneys had presented an appeal disputing the verdict reached by chair of the Aragatsotn general jurisdiction court Suren Mnoyan. According to the verdict, the 25 May 2010 decision taken by head of the Nubarashen penitentiary Tigran Navasardyan remained unchanged.
According to that decision, the time for Nikol Pashinyan's imprisonment was not calculated right, establishing 3 years 10 months and 29 days instead of 3 years and 6 months.
