Businessman Samvel Karapetyan likely to remain under arrest 

ArmInfo. Despite the decision of the Criminal Court of Appeal on the illegality of the arrest of businessman Samvel Karapetyan, most likely, in the current situation,  a motion will be filed to extend it, which must be considered by the  court. This was reported by the press service of the Council for the  Protection of Karapetyan's Rights.

Meanwhile, as the Council noted, in fact, the court's decision  recorded one of the main violations of the law that occurred before  the decision to arrest the businessman for a period of two months.  "Only one judge of the Criminal Court of Appeal could agree with the  legality of Samvel Karapetyan's arrest, and this was the judge with  the lowest rating, Armen Danielyan. Other judges of the Criminal  Court of Appeal have already recorded that both the arrest and the  search of Samvel Karapetyan were illegal," the statement says.

However, as noted by the Council for the Protection of Samvel  Karapetyan's Rights, despite this, the businessman has been in  custody for 53 days already, and his arrest has not yet been lifted.

Recall that earlier, on August 11, the Court of Appeal of Armenia  found the detention of the famous Armenian and Russian businessman,  head of the Tashir Group of Companies Samvel Karapetyan unlawful.

Karapetyan was detained on the night of June 18 in Yerevan by law  enforcement agencies of Armenia after he expressed support for the  Armenian Apostolic Church. In response to this, open threats followed  from the Prime Minister. The day before, the Yerevan Court of General  Jurisdiction arrested the president of the Tashir Group of Companies  Samvel Karapetyan for a period of two months. He is accused of  publicly calling for the seizure of power in the country. Karapetyan  does not admit guilt.