Samvel Karapetyan`s lawyers file cassation appeals against unlawful  prosecution 

ArmInfo. The legal team of philanthropist and president of the Tashir Group, Samvel Karapetyan, has filed cassation appeals against the unlawful criminal prosecution of their client. This is stated in a statement by the lawyers.

"The prosecution of Samvel Karapetyan has nothing to do with the law  and legality. Minimum legal guarantees are not observed. In the  classic sense, this constitutes political persecution, the available  evidence of which is indisputable. The well-known entrepreneur and  philanthropist was detained by a clearly unfounded and illegal  decision on June 18, 2025, on the basis of an alleged call for the  violent seizure of power. On August 15, 2025, Anti-Corruption Court  Judge Tigran Davtyan, without any legal basis, extended his unlawful  detention for another two months, effectively relying on the  investigator's promise to take active steps on the same charge," the  statement reads.

It emphasized that the case file revealed a complete lack of  reasonable suspicion regarding the alleged money laundering and  economic crimes. The Anti-Corruption Court of Appeal rejected the  prosecutor's appeals.

"In other words, the lack of reasonable suspicion regarding the  alleged money laundering and economic crimes has been confirmed once  again.

However, in yet another gross violation of personal liberty, the  illegal detention was not lifted. Thus, the statement in defense of  the Armenian Apostolic Church on June 17 and criticism of the  authorities' actions, which grossly violate constitutional and  legislative norms fully protected by guarantees of freedom of speech,  is the sole reason for Samvel Karapetyan's detention for over 90  days. It is also noteworthy that no investigative or procedural  actions have been carried out since August 15, despite, as already  mentioned, the courts were promised active action.

The lawyers' team has filed cassation appeals and has also carried  out other procedural actions, the results of which will be further  reported," the lawyers' statement reads.