YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 7, ARMENPRESS. Judge Anna Danibekyan of the Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction has denied ex-President Robert Kocharyan’s request to be released from pre-trial detention on bail.

The next hearing of the ongoing trial will take place November 12^th.

Kocharyan is charged with “overthrowing constitutional order” during the March 1-2 events in 2008 in Yerevan. Several other former high-ranking officials are also charged in the same case.

Edited and translated by Stepan Kocharyan