PROSECUTOR CONDEMNING BUT NOT PROMISING
Support A1+!Armenian General Prosecutor Aghvan Hovsepyan met Natalia Vutova, Special Representative of Council of Europe Secretary General in Armenia.
A criminal case was instituted over the incidents in Baghramyan Avenue on April 12-13. About 100 people who partook in the events, including MPs Shavarsh Kocharyan, Alexan Karapetyan, Arshak Sadoyan and Vardan Mkrtchyan were taken in detention and examined as witnesses. All of them were released after the examination.
Condemning the violence towards the journalists who performed their duty during the rally, General Prosecutor said that the preliminary inquest body of the criminal case will refer to the matter and illegal actions will be disclosed.
Mrs. Vutova in her turn said that Council of Europe closely watches the events in Armenia and is sure that political extremism will be overcome by laws in force and political dialogues.