Ara Saghatelyan handed two-month jail term in YerevanFebruary 22, 2021 - 10:48 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A court in Yerevan decided on Sunday, February 21 to incarcerate former head of the parliament staff Ara Saghatelyan for two months, Saghatelyan's lawyer Hakob Yenokyan has said. Saghatelyan was among several people arrested for allegedly making posts from a fake account registered as "Gagik Soghomonyan". Even after their detention, however, more posts were made from the account. Yenokyan revealed that the court recognized the decision to arrest Saghatelyan as illegal, but upheld the investigator's motion to incarcerate him. The lawyer said there was no factual evidence except for the fact that both Saghatelyan and the fake account had used the same IP address of a server called ProtonVPN. "Turns out thousands of people can be accused of "managing" the fake account", Yenokyan added, according to Panorama.am. Saghatelyan and political analyst Karen Bekaryan, who has been arrested, are charged under Article 226 (inciting national, racial or religious enmity) of Armenia's Criminal Code, 226.2 (public calls for violence, public justification or propaganda of violence), 307.4 (violation of the rules of publishing or disseminating information during martial law). Top stories The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Defense Minister Suren Papikyan has visited the southern Armenian province of Syunik, the Defense Ministry reported on March 18. Partner news | Government reveals details from Pashinyan’s meeting in border village Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with a group of residents of a border village in Armenia’s northern Tavush province Narek Manasyan wins European Boxing Championships silver for Armenia Armenia’s Narek Manasyan (92kg) won Armenia’s second silver medal at the European Boxing Championships 2024 on April 28. Blinken urges Azerbaijan to continue negotiations with Armenia Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has urged Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to continue negotiations with Armenia. Pashinyan, Blinken talk Armenia-U.S. ties over the phone Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on April 28, Pashinyan’s office reports. |