Armenia
Kocharyan’s son appointed MP in bid to secure release
The son of former Armenian president Robert Kocharyan has been appointed an MP in a bid by the opposition to secure legal immunity and his release from pre-trial detention. Levon Kocharyan was detained on 22 September and charged with attacking police officers during a protest calling for the government to resign in the wake of Azerbaijan’s attack on Nagorno-Karabakh. He was hospitalised later that day with a concussion which his lawyer attributed to his being ‘severely beaten’ by police.
