ArmInfo. RA Council of the Chamber of Advocates condemns the pressure of certain sections of society on judges and lawyers. This is stated in the statement of the  Chamber of Advocates received by ArmInfo.

ArmInfo. The imperative of guarantees for a fair judicial investigation of each criminal case is the full independence of the judicial system and the protected professional activities of a lawyer. This is stated in the comment of the Defender of Human Rights Arman Tatoyan in connection with the situation related to Manvel Grigoryan.

ArmInfo. The second President of Armenia, Robert Kocharyan, responded to the decision of the Yerevan Civil Court refusing to satisfy the Kocharian's defense against Nikol Pashinyan's claim of honor and dignity, demanding a public apology.

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ArmInfo. "The Armenian Court of Appeal released Robert Kocharyan from custody on August 13, as he was able to resist the pressure put on him," Hayk Alumyan, lawyer of the second RA President Robert Kocharyan, who was arrested today by the  Appeal court.

ArmInfo.Robert Kocharyan did not wait for the court decision on his arrest to be sent to the investigator who would come after him. Kocharyan himself went to the  building of the National Security Service, where the "Yerevan  Kentron" prison is located. The lawyer of Robert Kocharyan Hayk  Alumyan reported this on December 7 at a press conference.

ArmInfo.The Court of Appeal of Armenia decided to arrest the second President of the Republic of Armenia, Robert Kocharyan, on charges of overthrowing the  Constitutional order in the framework of the March 1, 2008 case.

ArmInfo. In the course of the extraordinary parliamentary elections in Armenia, a rapid  response team of the Chamber of Advocates  will act on possible  violations of citizens' electoral rights. This is stated in the  message of the Chamber of Advocates .  According to the source,  citizens whose voting rights were violated during the election may  contact the group coordinator, lawyer Gevorg Mkrtchyan, at (077) 00 -  77 - 92.

ArmInfo."I was very concerned about the fact that the acting Prime Minister and the head of the National Security Service of Armenia were wiretapped, because if the  Pashinyan government cannot ensure the security of their telephone  conversations, how do they intend to ensure the security of the  country?" Eduard Sharmazanov, Spokesman of the Republican Party  wondered in an interview with ArmInfo correspondent.

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ArmInfo.I sold shares worth $ 40 million, of which I distributed $ 21 million in bribes, $ 14 million receive to former Minister of Nature Protection Aram Harutyunyan.   Businessman Silva Ambartsumian, expressing the hope that under the  new government corruption will be eradicated, announced this on  December 5 at a press conference.

ArmInfo. The defense of the second President of Armenia, Robert Kocharyan, on the basis of the new circumstances, presented another complaint to the Court of  Appeal. As the lawyer of the former president Hayk Alumyan stated in  an interview with journalists, it is a question of new circumstances  that have arisen after a telephone conversation between the heads of  the National Security Service and the Soviet Union.

ArmInfo.The arrest of the owner of the H2 channel, an entrepreneur Samvel Mayrapetyan, accused of assisting in receiving a bribe, was extended for another two  months.On November 29 a judge of the Yerevan Court of General  Jurisdiction Anna Matevosyan, granted the request of the investigator  of the Special Investigation Service (SIS) of Armenia and extended  the arrest of Mayrapetyan for two months. 

ArmInfo. The meeting on the case of the second President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan at the Court of Appeal on November 27 was attended by 6 prosecutors - an  unprecedented phenomenon for the country's judicial practice. This is stated in a statement distributed on Robert Kocharian's Facebook page.

ArmInfo.Entrepreneur Samvel Mayrapetyan's lawyers appealed to the Court of Cassation. According to the statement of the lawyers, in the Court of Cassation they  intend to appeal the decision of the Court of Appeal to change the  measure of restraint against Mayrapetyan.

ArmInfo. The Court of Cassation of Armenia retired to deliver a verdict on the suit for  changing the preventive measure against Robert Kocharyan, as well as  on the suit for revising the essence of the verdict of the Court of  Appeal.

ArmInfo.Lawyers of the former director of the Surb Grigor Lusavorich medical center,  Professor Ara Minasyan, members of the Chamber of Lawyers Hayk  Sargsyan and Tigran Ghazaryan made an explanation in connection with  the statements made by the adviser to the head of the Investigative  Committee Sona Truzyan.

ArmInfo.The charges against the former director of the medical center "Grigor Lusavorich" Ara Minasyan of embezzlement and fraud are unfounded. This is stated in  the statement of Minasyan's lawyers, received by ArmInfo.

ArmInfo.For two months, the Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction extended the arrest of the deputy of the National Assembly, the former Chairman of the Yerkrapah  Volunteer Union Manvel Grigoryan.

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