Former President Kocharyan Arrested for Using Deadly Force in 2008 Russian, Armenian KOCHARYAN, from Page 1 Serious Concern About It
AUG 4, 2018 Mirror-SpeTHE ARMENIAN ctator Volume LXXXIX, NO. 3, Issue 4547 $ 2.00 NEWS The First English Language Armenian Weekly in the United States Since 1932 INBRIEF Armenian Companies Former President Kocharyan Arrested To Take Part in Japan Tourism Expo For Using Deadly Force in 2008 YEREVAN (Armenpress) — Seven Armenian tourism companies will participate in Tourism YEREVAN (RFE/RL and Armenpress) — politically motivated. of a disputed presidential election held in Expo Japan 2018, from September 20 to 23, in Lawyers for former President Robert One of them, Aram Orbelian, said that February 2008, two months before he com- Tokyo, the Small and Medium Entrepreneurship Kocharyan said on Monday, July 30, that they expect Armenia’s Court of Appeals to pleted his second and final term. The accusa- Development National Center (SME DNC) founda- they will appeal a Yerevan district court’s start considering their petition this week. tion stems from the use of deadly force on tion announced. decision to allow law-enforcement authori- Kocharyan was arrested late on Friday, July On July 27, SME DNC executive director Arshak ties to arrest the former Armenian presi- 27, one day after being charged with “over- Grigoryan, president of the Tourism Committee, dent on coup charges which he denies as throwing the constitutional order” in the wake Hripsime Grigoryan, and executive director of the Tourism Development Foundation of Armenia Ara Khzmalyan signed a memorandum of cooperation for properly preparing and successfully participat- ing in the expo. According to the document, the sides will exchange their experience, knowledge and infor- mation with each other.
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