Charge to green activist Mariam Sukhudyan aggravatedAugust 18, 2009 - 17:49 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Criminal investigation department of Erebouni community of RA Police changed the article of the charge filed to Mariam Sukhudyan, activist of the SOS Teghut youth green movement, within two days. On August 13 Mariam Sukhudyan received a summons to an interrogation dated on 15 August as an accused. The summons mentioned the article of the charge, libel, in accordance with Part 1, Article 135 of the Criminal Code of RA. Nevertheless, as it turned out on August 15 she is charged under another article: Clause 3, Part 2, Article 333 of the Criminal Code of RA, i.e. false crime reporting aggravated with mercenary purposes. This charge prescribes heavier sentence that the previous charge, imprisonment for the term of up to 5 years. The new charge is mentioned in the new summons dated on August 15 that invites Mariam Sukhudyan to an interrogation on August 19. The case is initiated on the basis of TV program of the First Cannel dated on November 13, 2008 where a pupils of the Nubarashen Boarding School told about sexual harassment by the teacher. Mariam Sukhudyan believes that she is persecuted for participation in the SOS-Teghut campaign aimed at salvation of the Teghut forest. Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. 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. Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |