Measure of restraint against Samvel Vardanyan changed

ArmInfo. The measure of  restraint against citizen Samvel Vardanyan (arrested for insulting  pro-government MP Hakob Aslanyan) was changed from house arrest to  administrative control, on condition that he has no contact with the  persons involved in the case.  Vardanyan's lawyer Ruben Melikyan  reported this on his Facebook page.

According to him, the Court of Appeal partially satisfied the  defense's complaint.

"The bail of 7 million drams and the ban on absence are also in  effect," the lawyer wrote, noting that Samvel Vardanyan had been in  captivity for exactly 100 days.

On April 15, an incident occurred in public transport between a  citizen and a deputy from the ruling Civil Contract faction, Hakob  Aslanyan. Thus, Samvel Vardanyan, recognizing deputy Aslanyan riding  on the bus, threw in his face "Anti-Armenian bastard, decided to go  out into the world." These words aroused the anger of the deputy, who  rudely and using swear words demanded to give him way, and then  attacked the young man with his fists, knocking the phone out of his  hands. Vardanyan was detained on the same day and charged with  hooliganism, although, according to the human rights activist, there  are no signs of hooliganism here. Later, the investigation  supplemented the charge with an article on incitement of hostility  and intolerance on a political basis. He faced 1 to 4 years in  prison.

On the night of April 16, on the way from the Investigative Committee  to the pretrial detention center, police officers stopped a car and  got out under the pretext of relieving themselves. In the absence of  police officers, unknown masked men dragged the detained Vardanyan  out of the car and brutally beat him.  Presenting details of the  beating with the victim's permission, the defense reported that such  an attitude can only be found in Baku prisons in relation to Armenian  prisoners.