ArmInfo. On June 18, the Supreme Judicial Council of Armenia holds a meeting with the aim of considering the petition for bringing the judge of the Court of Appeal Alexander Azaryan to disciplinary liability. ArmInfo correspondent reported this.
To recall, on March 13, the head of the Special Investigation Service Sasun Khachatryan submitted a petition based on which Justice Minister Rustam Badasyan instituted disciplinary proceedings against Judge Azaryan.
The representative of the judge, lawyer Tigran Atanesyan noted that this disciplinary proceedings is a political persecution.
It should be noted that on August 13, 2018, Judge Azaryan decided to change the measure of restraint against the second President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan. And then on March 11, 2020, he decided to release Armen Tavadyan, the owner of Channel 5, from arrest.