A little while ago, the Yerevan court of general jurisdiction ended examination of the appeal filed by former chief of staff of the National Assembly of Armenia Ara Saghatelyan’s attorney against the decision on his detention, as well as the motion filed by the investigator of the National Security Service (NSS) of Armenia to select arrest as a pre-trial measure for Saghatelyan, attorney Hakob Yenokyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.

Yenokyan informed that the time for announcement of the court decision is unclear.

The NSS has detained former chief of staff of the National Security Service Ara Saghatelyan, co-founder of Quartet Media Karen Bekaryan, office manager of the International Center for Development of Parliamentarism NGO Mher Avagyan and citizen Aram Sargsyan, who was arrested upon a court decision today.

They are detained under the elements of particular articles of the Criminal Code of Armenia (inciting national, racial or religious hatred; an organized group making public calls for use of violence, publicly justifying or advocating violence; violating the rules for publication or dissemination of information during the legal regime of martial law).