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ArmInfo. The second president of Armenia, Robert Kocharyan, has been turned into a  scapegoat, but we must not forget that the tragic events of March 1,  2008, which killed 10 people, had two sides.

ArmInfo.The Sasna Tsrer Party made a statement in connection with the rallies demanding the release of the second President of Armenia, Robert Kocharian.The statement noted that Kocharyan's political path was bloody.

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ArmInfo.Ombudsman of Armenia Arman Tatoyan visited the second President of Armenia Robert Kocharian. "We discussed all issues related to the powers of an  advocate of human rights," Arman Tatoyan told reporters.

ArmInfo. About 80-100  people responded to the call of the "Freedom to the President"  initiative group, gathering on the Republic Square in the evening of  December 11 and demanding the immediate release of the second  President of Armenia Robert Kocharian.

ArmInfo.Any political force has the right to hold peaceful marches and demonstrations. The Acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said this at a press conference  in Yerevan commenting at the request of journalists on the intention  of the Freedom to the President initiative group to begin the rally  struggle demanding to release the second President of Armenia Robert  Kocharyan.

ArmInfo. The second president of Armenia Robert Kocharyan, who is imprisoned in the "Yerevan-Kentron" penitentiary institution, did not vote in the early  elections to the National Assembly.

ArmInfo.The initiative group "Freedom to the President" announces the start of the stage of the meeting of the rally and demands to immediately release the second  President of Armenia, Robert Kocharian.

ArmInfo. "There is no political vendetta in the Criminal Code of Armenia. The Criminal Code contains clear articlesfull for which Robert Kocharyan is accused," the head of the National Security Service of Armenia Artur Vanetsyan told  reporters commenting on the statement of the second president Robert  Kocharyan that his arrest is a political vendetta.  According to him,  the investigative body put forward the charges, the court will put  everything in its place, "he said.

ArmInfo.Robert Kocharyan did not wait for the court decision on his arrest to be sent to the investigator who would come after him. Kocharyan himself went to the  building of the National Security Service, where the "Yerevan  Kentron" prison is located. The lawyer of Robert Kocharyan Hayk  Alumyan reported this on December 7 at a press conference.

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ArmInfo.The head of the ''Tseghakron'' party, Shant Harutyunyan, was released from the Vardashen penal institution. The lawyer of Arutyunyan Inessa  Petrosyan has informed the correspondent of ArmInfo about that.

ArmInfo.Erebuni, Kentron and Nubarashen districts of Yerevan have new heads.

ArmInfo. "We were always ready, and now ready, we were with the people, and now with them, not that we want to stop. If people want in December, then we also want  in December, I'm ready to take all the pain of the people ", - so  ambiguously answered the question about the position of the  Tsaroukyan bloc for the early elections, the bloc's leader,  entrepreneurial deputy Gagik Tsaroukyan on the air of the Urvagits  program on his Kentron TV channel.

ArmInfo.Violations of the electoral committee of  RA were recorded in 17 of the 95 polling stations observed. In 8 polling stations, the presence of a policeman  in the voting booth was recorded along with the voter. This is  reported by the Alliance of Independent Observers.

ArmInfo. By the decision of  the court of general jurisdiction of Kentron and Nork-Marash  districts of Yerevan on September 17, six members of the armed group  Khachik Avetisyan, Vladimir Arakelyan, Arthur Yeghiazaryan, Vaginak  Stepanyan, Ara Poghosyan and Vahagn Sanazaryan, who were rendered  harmless in Yerevan, were released.

ArmInfo. From the first days of his tenure, the Prime Minister was studying Shant  Harutyunyan's issue and found out that the only legitimate lever for Harutyunyan's release and all members of his group is to change the regime of their detention, Spokesman for Prime Minister Arman Yeghoyan wrote on his Facebook page. In particular, Yeghoyan noted that it was decided to change the conditions of the detention of Shant Harutyyan and the convicted within his case Vardan Vardanyan and Liparit Petrosyan, transferring them from the half-open to the open regime, so that they in fact were set free. Vardan Vardanyan and Liparit Petrosyan took advantage of this right, however, Shant Harutyunyan refused this opportunity, demanding his complete release, "the Spokesman said.

ArmInfo. In the Central Election Commission of Armenia, four blocs and nine parties submitted documents required for participation in the election of the Council of Elders, who will subsequently elect the mayor of the capital of Armenia. All applications will be examined by September 3, and the pre-election campaign will begin on September 10.

ArmInfo.Publication of the photo of General Manvel Grigoryan made in the remand prison is a violation of his rights and worthy of condemnation, Justice Minister Artak  Zeynalyan told journalists.