Shant Harutyunyan's advocates file appeal with Court of Cassation (video)
The advocates of Shant Harutyunyan, the leader of the opposition Tseghakron party, and his friends have lodged an appeal to the Court of Cassation requesting the latter to review the ruling of a lower court. They have filed a motion to acquit their clients. On October 19, a court in Yerevan found Shant Harutyunyan, leader of the radical opposition party, his underage son Shahen Harutyunyan and ten other activists who also participated in the November 5, 2013 anti-government protest, guilty of acts of hooliganism and sentenced them from 1 to 7 years in prison. The court sentenced Shant Harutyunyan and his son to 6 and 4 years in prison, respectively. In February 2015, the Court of Appeal upheld the verdict against Shant Harutyunyan and his friends.
