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On September 7, 2016, the RA Administrative Court, presided by M. Hambardzumyan, examined the claim of the RA Police against Geghetsik Tonoyan, participant of the assembly held on March 23, 2016 before examination of the motion on extending Gevorg Safaryan’s detention. The claim above required to bring G. Tonoyan to administrative responsibility under Article 180.1(11 and 15) of the RA Code of Administrative Offense.

Note that a number of the assembly participants blocked the street by lying on the traffic sector of Mashtots Avenue and chaining themselves to the asphalt. Then they were apprehended by force and taken to Kentronakan Division of the RA Police Yerevan City Department, where administrative proceedings were initiated against them based on their failure to comply with their duties of assembly participants and obey the legal orders of the police to ensure the peaceful and normal course of the assembly.

The pretrial court hearing was attended by defendant G. Tonoyan and her representative Tatevik Siradeghyan, lawyer at Yerevan Office of HCA Vanadzor. In spite of being properly notified of the date and time of the court hearing, the plaintiff party failed to ensure the presence of its representative.

Given that the defendant received no other document except the notification of the court hearing and that she might submit a response to the claim in a 2-week period, the defendant’s representative motioned to adjourn the court hearing to get familiar with the claim and attached documents and express her position.

Considering the defendant’s motion well-grounded, the Court ruled to adjourn the court hearing.

The next pretrial court hearing is scheduled for December 8, 2016, at 11 am.