Kocharyan’s trial to begin September 12

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 3, ARMENPRESS. Judge Anna Danibekyan of the Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction has set September 12 as the first day of the court hearing of ex-President Robert Kocharyan’s and other former officials’ case.

The first hearing will take place at 13:00, September 12 at the Shengavit courthouse of the Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction.

Kocharyan, currently jailed in pre-trial detention, together with ex-minister of defense Michael Harutyunyan and former military official Yuri Khachaturov are charged with “overthrowing constitutional order” in the criminal investigation into the 2008 unrest in Yerevan.

Edited and translated by Stepan Kocharyan