Armenia's Court of Appeals on Monday refused to set free three arrested leaders of a radical opposition group that plans to launch this week a campaign of street protests against the government.
Lawyers for Zhirayr Sefilian, the top leader of the Founding Parliament movement, and his four close associates last week appealed against a lower court's decision to allow law-enforcement bodies to keep them in pre-trial detention for at least two months.
After brief hearings the Court of Appeals rejected the petitions submitted by attorneys representing Sefilian, Gevorg Safarian and Pavel Manukian.It was widely expected to dismiss the appeals lodged by the two other detained men, Garegin Chukaszian and Varuzhan Avetisian, later on Monday and Tuesday.
Armenian News
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