Pashinyan’s Appeal to be Heard on Feb. 14

The appeal of Haykakan Jamanak (“Armenian Times”) chief editor, imprisoned journalist Nikol Pashinyan will resume in court on Feb. 14 at 12 pm. The session will take place at the Artik penitentiary, where the oppositionist is currently serving his sentence, reports local daily Haykakan Jamanak.

“The previous session assigned on Feb. 1 in the RA Court of Criminal Appeals presided over by Judge Eva Darbinyan did not take place because, due to bad weather, the judge and the parties could not make it to Artik correctional institution. The political prisoner asked to recall the Nov. 19, 2010 ruling by Judge Suren Mnoyan in the Aragatsotn Court of First Instance. The judge had refused to annul Nubarashen penitentiary chief Tigran Navasardyan’s May 25, 2010 decision, in which he, calculating Nikol Pashinyan’s prison term, added about 5 months, setting it at 3 years, 10 months and 29 days,” writes Haykakan Jamanak.