ArmInfo. The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has postponed consideration of the issue of initiating interim measures in the case of the former MP of the National Assembly, General Manvel Grigoryan, and requested additional information from the Armenian government. This is the official site of the Armenian representation in the European Court of Human Rights.
According to the report, on March 22, the Armenian government was informed by the ECHR that on March 12, 2019, lawyer Manvel Grigoryan, appealing to the European Court, asked him to take interim measures to tie the Armenian authorities to immediately transfer the general to a civilian hospital under the supervision of relevant doctors. In addition, the lawyer asked to immediately transfer his client to a French clinic, indicated protection for a physical examination and further treatment.
"On March 22, the ECHR has made a decision to postpone the examination of the issue of applying the interim measure, demanding the Armenian government to present relevant information by April 3rd. Currently the authorized representative of the Armenian government at the ECHR is taking relevant actions to gather the mentioned information, formulate the stance of the Armenian government and present it to the European Court within the defined period of time," the Armenian Government Representation before the European Court of Human Rights said.
To recall, on June 16, 2018 of this year, the National Security Service of Armenia detained a MP from the RPA faction, hero of Artsakh, Manvel Grigoryan. He was charged under two articles: the illicit circulation of arms and ammunition and the appropriation of food and supplies intended for soldiers. Grigoryan was detained for a period of two months, after which the permanent term was extended. Then, the court of general jurisdiction of the city of Yerevan released Manvel Grigoryan on bail of 25 million drams on the evening of December 21. At the end of November, the arrested general appealed to the government, announcing his readiness to transfer to the state the territory of the Aknalich farm belonging to him in the Aknalich community, worth about 6 billion drams. Lawyer Arsen Mkrtchyan urged not to consider this step as an attempt to pay off. After the court made a decision on the release of Grigorian on bail, the inhabitants of Echmiadzin blocked Grigoryan's entry into the city, thus expressing his attitude towards him.
Further, the Prosecutor General's Office of Armenia filed an appeal against the decision of the court of general jurisdiction to release General Manvel Grigoryan on bail. On January 11, protest actions resumed in Echmiadzin, demanding that Grigoryan be detained again. On January 22, the Court of Appeal of Armenia ruled to re-imprison Manvel Grigoryan. The protection of Grigoryan appealed to the ECHR in connection with the situation, arguing that their client has a number of diseases that require treatment in a specialized medical institution.