Verdict due to be announced in opposition activists' case
The Court of Cassation is to announce its verdict in the trial of opposition activists Tigran Arakelyan, David Kiramijyan, Sargis Gevorgyan and Artak Karapetyan.
The judge has retired to a consultation room and is expected to issue the verdict upon his return.
In the meanwhile, a group of opposition activists and supporters are staging a protest in support the jailed activists.
The four activists of the Armenian National Congress (ANC) were taken into custody after an August 2011 standoff with police officers in a Yerevan park. They were charged with hooliganism against a representative of law-enforcement body and sentenced to 2-6 years in prison. Arakelyan received the longest prison sentence for what the Armenian police say was a key role in the incident. The three activists were later released with only Tigran Arakelyan remaining in prison. All the four activists denied police claims that they attacked law-enforcement officers maintaining public order in the city center.
