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Javakh-based activist Vahagn Chakhalyan released
Ethnic Armenian activist, leader of United Javakhk Democratic Alliance, Vahagn Chakhalyan, has been released from prison after a Georgian court reconsidered his case, Chakhalyan's Attorney Stepan Voskanyan told A1+.
The activist was pardoned in compliance with the general amnesty declared by the Georgian authorities on December 21, 2012.
Chakhalyan was arrested by Georgian authorities on July 21, 2008. He was sent to ten years in prison in compliance with article 236.1 (purchase and possession of arms), article 225.2 (participation in disorders), article 226 (organization of public disturbance), article 353.2 (resistance to police officer or public agent) and article 239.2b (hooliganism).
