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A court in Yerevan on Thursday postponed the trial of information security expert Armine Adibekyan after the prosecutor dealing with the case apparently became ill.

Adibekyan, who is critical of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and his government, has been charged with “inciting violence” on social media.

The case concerns her 2022 Facebook post which says, "If Pashinyan does not resort to Hitler's last step, the fate of Goebbels awaits him.”

"I don’t want to call into question the prosecutor’s illness, but it is a matter of concern that two out of the four hearings in the case were postponed due to his poor health,” her lawyer, Ruben Melikyan, told Panorama.am.

“Even if the prosecutor fell ill, I reiterate that I don't want to question it, they could have found a replacement for him as often practiced," he added.

The Ajapnyak District Court of General Jurisdiction rescheduled the hearing for January 24.

"Taking into account the court's heavy workload, I think the hearing hasn't been postponed for too long," Melikyan noted.