Court Strikes Down Catholicos Karekin II’s Travel Ban

Court Scraps Catholicos Travel Ban

YEREVAN (Azatutyun) — An Armenian court on April 13 struck down a travel ban imposed on Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II earlier this year amid Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s attempts to depose the supreme head of the Armenian Apostolic Church. A law-enforcement agency banned Karekin as well as six bishops from leaving Armenia when it indicted them two months ago. The accusations leveled against them stem from Karekin’s January 27 decisi…

Court Strikes Down Catholicos Karekin II’s Travel Ban

YEREVAN (Azatutyun.am)—An Armenian court has struck down a travel ban imposed on Catholicos Karekin II earlier this year amid Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s attempts to depose the supreme head of the Armenian Apostolic Church. A law-enforcement agency banned Karekin II as well as six bishops from leaving Armenia when it indicted them two months ago. The accusations leveled against them stem from Karekin II’s January 27 decision to defrock anot…