Yerevan Court granted lawyers' petition to release Professor Armen Charchyan
The Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction has granted the petition filed by Professor Armen Charchyan's lawyers about the legality of detention as a preventive measure chosen against him and ruled to release the Professor.
"Judge Shahverdyan granted the petition filed by Erik Alexanyan and me, Professor Charchyan will be released from custody within minutes," Aram Vardevanyan, the official representative of "Armenia" pre-election bloc wrote on Facebook.
To remind, Armen Charchyan, who heads Izmirlyan Medical Center and is a candidate for MP from the "Armenia" bloc, was arrested on Friday by Police for allegedly forcing his employees to take part in the snap parliamentary elections and to vote for the "Armenia" bloc.
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