ArmInfo.To the strike of lawyers in Armenia on September 13, 850 defenders have already joined. The lawyer Hovhannes Chamsaryan said this in a conversation with the ArmInfo correspondent.
According to him, the number of protesters will grow with its approach. On this day, Armenian lawyers intend to boycott all court hearings. The protest is caused by the fact that recently before the court sessions, as well as before meetings with clients, law enforcement officers search lawyers. Cases of violence against them also became more frequent. This practice began to be applied at the beginning of several high-profile trials over the members of the Sasna Tsrer group, which captured the Police Patrol Service of the Republic of Armenia in 2016, over two factions accused of illegally storing, distributing and using weapons and ammunition, Minister of Defense of Artsakh Samvel Babayan, who is accused of involvement in the attempt of illegal cartload of weapons in Armenia Igla. In connection with the searches and unwillingness of the defenders to obey them, the lawyers of many of the defendants who are being held on these cases find themselves entering the courtroom, because of which the court sessions are postponed.
In this connection, Chamsaryan noted that it is illegal to search lawyers while performing official duties, since he can have strictly confidential information on the next case.