Tuesday, June 27 2017 11:57

ArmInfo. The court session scheduled for 11:00 on the case of Jirayr Sefilyan and his associates accused of illegal acquisition, storage and use of weapons and ammunition began with a half-hour delay caused by delays when the law enforcers examined the personal belongings of the defendants' lawyers.

However, immediately after the beginning of the meeting, the  presiding judge Tatevik Grigoryan announced a break due to the fact  that the defendants Zhirayr Sefilyan and Nerses Poghosyan were  removed from the courtroom because they refused to stand at the  beginning of the trial. At the last meeting, Gevorg Safaryan was  dismissed from the courtroom for his conversations during the court  session.

These actions of the judge caused the wrath of the relatives of the  accused. The meeting is scheduled for 12:30 

It should be noted that the lawyers of the defendants Tigran   Hayrapetian, Araik Papikyan, Tigran Egorian,  and Nina Karapetyants  refused to pass proper  examination of personal stuff, in connection  with which, they were not allowed to enter the courtroom.

Lawyer Inna Karapetyants is convinced that law enforcement officers  demonstrate prejudiced attitudes to the lawyers of the accused,  conducting such checks.

To mention,  the police checks all persons who came to the court  session and registers their passport data.  Human rights activists  are convinced that these actions are illegal and are aimed at  identifying all the supporters of Sefilyan. They also do not rule out  their possible further  persecution

It should be noted that Heritage party leader Raffi Hovhannisyan  has  also attended the session.

It should be noted that Sefilyan was detained on June 20, 2016 on  suspicion of organizing a criminal group.  Based on the evidence  obtained by the investigation, 8 persons were charged with acquiring  and storing weapons and ammunition, 6 were arrested, and one was put  on the wanted list. According to the special investigation committee  of Armenia, Sefilyan and his supporters planned to occupy buildings  of state significance during the April war. As a preventive measure,  the arrest was chosen.