ArmInfo.The presiding judge of the Sasna Tsrer case, Judge Artush Gabrielyan, applied sanctions against his lawyer Gagik Yeghiazarian - Tigran Yegorian.
It is noteworthy that before this Gabrielyan applied sanctions to Yeghiazaryan for disrespectful attitude to the court, and declared a break. During the break, Yegoryan's lawyer left a note to the judge with a notification of the illegality of his actions, and left the courtroom. Returning from the advisory room, the judge applied sanctions to the missing Yegoryan, explaining that the lawyer's attitude was also disrespectful.
Sanctions were also applied to the defendant Varuzhan Avetisyan for appeals for armed disobedience. After this incident, the next break was announced, the fourth already on the account. The meeting was to start again at 17:00 local time.
It should be noted that the second sitting on the Sasna Tsrer case, which was scheduled for June 21, began in the court of general jurisdiction of the Yerevan districts of Avan and Nor Nork with an hour's delay because the lawyers of the defendants did not allow themselves to be searched and were not allowed to enter the court building. After the defendants were taken to the courtroom with an hour's delay, Judge Artush Gabrielyan, who presided over the court, left the courtroom. Later, attorney Armine Fanyan, who participated in the meeting, reported that the court had announced a one-hour break.
To note, the case is considered by the court of the administrative districts of Erebuni and Nubarashen, but transferred to the building of the Avan and Nor Nork courts, as it is larger in size. Note that the first meeting on the case was postponed and did not begin, as the defendants and their relatives interfered with the court.
To recall, on July 17, 2016 the group "Sasna Tsrer" seized the building of the Regiment of the PPS of the Armenian Police in the capital district of Erebuni. The group demanded the resignation of Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and the participant of the Karabakh war Zhirayr Sefelyan, who was arrested in the spring of the same year for illegal possession of weapons. The group surrendered and was arrested on July 31.