Case initiated against lawyer Zaruhi Postanjyan

ArmInfo. The Criminal Correctional Service has initiated a case against Postanjyan under Part 1 of Article 186 of the RA Code of Administrative Offenses.  The decision was made following an incident that occurred during Zaruhi Postanjyan's visit to the Armavir Penitentiary.

According to the service, on November 30, at around 1:50 PM, lawyer  Zaruhi Postanjyan visited the Armavir Penitentiary for a meeting with  her client. During a search, an iPhone 7 mobile phone was found and  seized by criminal investigation officers. To prevent any disruption   to the meeting between the lawyer and her client, a report on the  phone found during the search was planned to be completed only after  the meeting (the report is signed by those conducting the search and,  if necessary, by the person being questioned). Due to the latter's  refusal to sign the protocol, a corresponding notation was made in  the report.  Postanjyan was also informed that after the  administrative offense case was concluded, the mobile phone, which  was the direct object of the offense, would be returned to her.  However, she refused to participate in the preparation of the  protocol, took the mobile phone she had surrendered at the entrance,  and left the area.  She began filming the events at the entrance with  her phone, violated safety regulations, made noise, accused  correctional facility staff of stealing the phone, and then left the  facility.

After the incident, a correctional facility staff member contacted  Postanjyan, calling twice and offering to return to the facility to  participate in the report's preparation, after which the phone would  be returned.  However, she again refused, stating that she would file  a complaint with law enforcement agencies.

Based on the above, the Armavir Penitentiary Institution has  initiated a case against Zaruhi Postanjyan under Part 1 of Article  186 of the RA Criminal Procedure Code (transfer of a prohibited item  or an attempt to transfer it in any form to a person held in a  correctional facility). A corresponding petition has been submitted  to the RA Bar Association to investigate her actions in accordance  with the Code of Conduct for Advocates.