Hearing on Avetick Chalabyan's Bail Application Concludes

The hearing regarding the alteration of the bail conditions for Avetick Chalabyan has concluded, and the court has entered the deliberation room to make a decision. The decision will be announced today, although the time remains unknown.

After a hearing lasting nearly three hours, we have quite positive expectations and hope that Chalabyan will be released sooner than July 1, when this Kafkaesque and surreal prosecution, which is forced upon him, will cease by law.

Avetick Chalabyan, a member of the 'Hamakhmbum' movement and a public-political figure, is charged under Article 163, Part 3, Point 2 of the RA Criminal Code, based on unfounded claims and gross violations of criminal procedure without any credible evidence. This particular act has been decriminalized by the new Criminal Code, which came into effect on July 1 of this year.

The deliberate prosecution and manifestation of a political order is also evident from the fact that three days after the release of a clearly fabricated recording, Avetick Chalabyan continued his normal life, without interfering in the investigation or going into hiding. Yet, this was overlooked, and for incomprehensible reasons, a two-month detention was chosen as the pretrial measure against A. Chalabyan.

The defense team for Avetick Chalabyan