
The whole process carried out against famous Armenian doctor, opposition Armenia alliance MP Armen Charchyan has turned from a criminal prosecution and a matter of measure of restraint into torture, Aram Vardevanyan, a lawmaker from the same faction, told reporters in the parliament on Tuesday.
“We do not ask them to end the criminal prosecution. We simply insist that arrest cannot be a measure of restraint imposed on him,” he said.
“They have launched a criminal case and want to conduct an investigation, so let them proceed with it. How can a criminal investigation be identified with arrest?” Vardevanyan said, stating it goes to show that the arrest “has turned into a punishment”.
“It has only one purpose: to punish him. They have decided to punish our colleague even...
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