Authorities fail to decide on who is to consider appeal against  extension of Samvel Karapetyan`s arrest

ArmInfo.  Despite the fact that businessman Samvel Karapetyan's defense filed a complaint on August 18, 2025 against the decision of the Anti-Corruption Court to extend Karapetyan's arrest by way of a special review, as of August 22, 2025, there is no information available on which of the judges of the Court of Appeal the case was transferred for consideration. Samvel  Karapetyan's lawyer Aram Vardevanyan wrote about this on a social  network.

"Let me remind you that the appeal against the arrest decision of  June 18 was filed literally the next day.  On June 20, 2025,  information on the transfer of the case to the famous judge Armen  Danielyan was already available. That is, the case was transferred  within 24 hours. In this case, a similar approach was not followed,  although Samvel Karapetyan has been illegally in custody for more  than 60 days already, he noted, adding that Karapetyan has been in  custody for more than 60 days solely because he spoke out in defense  of the Mother See in a well-known interview.

We do not rule out the possibility that currently, Judge of the Court  of Appeal Armen Danielyan is being considered as a potential  candidate for transfer to the Anti-Corruption Court of Appeal, since  the complaint should be considered by the Anti-Corruption Court of  Appeal itself, he concluded.

Recall that Samvel 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, this was  followed by open threats from the Prime Minister. On the night of  June 19, the Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction arrested Samvel  Karapetyan for two months. He is being held in the Yerevan-Kentron  penitentiary (the famous "KGB basement" in the building of the  National Security Service of Armenia). He is accused of publicly  calling for the seizure of power in the country. Karapetyan does not  admit guilt. In addition, in July, the head of the Tashir Group of  Companies was charged with new money laundering.

On August 15, the Anti-Corruption Court, early in the morning, after  almost 10 hours of considering the investigator's petition, extended  Karapetyan's arrest.