Court rejected motions to detain two supporters of Samvel Karapetyan

ArmInfo.  An Armenian court rejected the prosecution's motions to detain two supporters of Samvel Karapetyan's Strong Armenia party, who were detained on April 17 in front of the Anti-Corruption Court. This was written by lawyer Vahan  Hovhannisyan on his Facebook page.

"The court rejected the investigators' motions regarding two  defendants who committed non-hooligan acts in support of Strong  Armenia party leader Samvel Karapetyan in front of the  Anti-Corruption Court of Armenia two days ago. The guys are already  home. 48 days left," the lawyer wrote.

As a reminder, on April 17, a scuffle broke out between supporters of  Strong Armenia party leader Samvel Karapetyan and police officers  outside the Anti-Corruption Court of Armenia. The clashes were  provoked by law enforcement. The press service of the Armenian  Ministry of Internal Affairs reported the detention of 17 citizens.  Later, the press service of the Investigative Committee of Armenia  announced that a criminal case had been opened against them under  articles of group hooliganism and obstruction of the lawful official  duties of an official. The prosecution reportedly requested house  arrest for 15 of those detained, and pretrial detention for two -  Vaghinak Ghazaryan, director of the Tashir pizza chain, and Mais  Bagumyan.