ArmInfo. The Chamber of Advocates of Armenia, on the basis of a statement by the lawyers of former President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan - Hayk Alumyan, Ruben Sahakyan, Aram Orbelyan, Aram Vardevanyan and Hovhannes Khudoyan - addressed the Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan and the Minister of Justice Rustam Badasyan.
According to the press service, on October 25, the Kocharian's defense side appealed to the Chamber of Lawyers, the Ombudsman, the High Judicial Council and the Police with a request to take measures to suppress insulting statements of citizens against the aforementioned lawyers.
Based on this statement, the Chamber of Advocates appealed to the Prime Minister with a request to take effective measures in connection with cases of insults against lawyers who are carrying out their professional activities. In addition, the Chamber of Lawyers invites the Minister of Justice to include an article in the Criminal Code of Armenia. Robert Kocharyan is being accused in a criminal case on March 1, 2008.