SIS files new motion to extend ex-president Kocharyan’s pre-trial detention
Armenia’s Special Investigative Service (SIS) has filed a motion to extend the ex-president Robert Kocharyan’s pre-trial arrest for two months. As the defense team of the ex-president informed, the court will hear the motion on Marhc13 at Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction under presiding Judge Armen Bektashyan.
To remind, on January 18 the court has declined the motion of the defense team to release the president on bail and instead approved the prosecutor’s motion to extend arrest as a pre-trial detention measure.
To remind, Kocharyan has been placed in custody since December 7, 2018, pending trial. He is charged with overthrowing Armenia’s constitutional order during the March 1-2, 2008 post-election events in Yerevan, but strongly denies any wrongdoing.