ArmInfo. The judge in the case of illegal acquisition, storage and distribution of weapons, which is the hero of the Artsakh war Zhirayr Sefilyan, Tatevik Grigoryan today refused to give the floor to the accused to represent his defensive speech.
Grigoryan motivated this by disrespecting Sefilyan for trial. His defensive speech was read by his lawyer Araik Papikyan. In his defensive speech, Sefilyan, in particular, qualified the trial as a farce, an attempted reprisal, a theatrical performance. He also informed on the constant pressure on him by law enforcement.
Further, Sefilyan stressed that political persecution is taking place against him. "I was repeatedly threatened with death when I was at large, demanding to stop my activities." One day, I was called by the military expert Hayk Nahapetyan and conveyed the message of the "Russian side", demanding to stop my struggle, otherwise threatening me with physical violence. In 2016, the investigator of the Investigative Committee also demanded that I terminate my political struggle, also threatening reprisals, "Sefilyan wrote in his statement.
At the same time, he stressed that all those who persecuted him and all the customers of this will appear one day before the "Armenian Nuremberg" for state treason, corruption and usurpation of power.