Detention term of director of Analitik prolonged
Judge Davit Grigoryan of the Court of General Jurisdiction of Yerevan Arabkir and Kanaker Zeytun Administrative Districts upheld the mediation of the preliminary investigation body and prolonged the detention term of Ani Hovhannisyan, director of Analitik website, for two months. As advocate Liparit Simonyan told “A1+”, he had presented a mediation to replace the precautionary measure with bail, but the Court rejected the mediation. The defense side is going to present an appeal to the Court of Appeal. To remind, Ani Hovhannisyan was charged with the article of extortion at the prior agreement of a group of people. The article determines 3-7 years’ imprisonment. To remind, the police received a report by the RA NA lawmaker Tigran Urikhanyan according to which the director of the website periodically published on the website false information, defamation and other incriminating materials about his person, family members and his activities as a lawmaker. The director of the website reportedly demanded that the lawmaker pay her AMD 300,000 every month for stopping the publication of articles. Ani Hovhannisyan does not admit the charges against her.
