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On February 22, 2017, the RA Administrative Court, presided by S. Hovakimyan, resumed the examination of the Police claim on imposing administrative sanctions under Article 180.1(11 and 15) of the RA Code of Administrative Offences on Naira Badalyan who took part in the assembly before the examination of the motion on extending Gevorg Safaryan’s detention in March, 2016. Under the case, N. Badalyan’s representative, Tatevik Siradeghyan, Lawyer at Yerevan Office of HCA Vanadzor, filed a counter-claim on declaring the police actions unlawful.

The pre-trial court hearing was attended only by N. Badalyan’s representative. Sona Melikyan, representative of the Police, had submitted the application on holding the court hearing in her absence.

T. Siradeghyan presented the substance and merits of the counter-claim and noted that the police actions of dispersing the assembly, arresting N. Badalyan, police officers’ failure to introduce themselves and use of physical force led to the violation of N. Badalyan’s freedom of assembly, freedom of expression, liberty and security of person, freedom of movement and her right to be free from torture, inhuman or degrading treatment. T. Siradeghyan also gave a brief outline of the factual and legal grounds of the claim and the scope of the legal acts to be applied.

She also motioned to discontinue the proceedings under Article 180.1(11) of the RA Code of Administrative Offences as the RA Police neither drafted, nor submitted to the Court any records on administrative offence based on committal of that action. The Court found it necessary to find out the plaintiff party’s position on this issue as well and then mentioned that the Court might express its position in its final judicial act as well and considered the case ready for trial examination and scheduled trial examination.

The parties will be further notified of the next court hearing.