The Court of General Jurisdiction of Yerevan on Monday ruled for the release of Karen Bekaryan, the co-founder of Quartet Media and an ex-MP, who was detained along the lines of the criminal case on the fake "Gagik Soghomonyan" social media account.

In a conversation with Armenian News-NEWS.am, Bekaryan's lawyer Gor Mikayelyan stated that the court considered the National Security Service (NSS) decision to detain Bekaryan as illegal, ruled in favor of the lawyer’s appeal, and denied the NSS petition to remand Bekaryan in custody.

The NSS had detained former Chief of Staff of the National Assembly Ara Saghatelyan, co-founder of Quartet Media—and ex-MP— Karen Bekaryan, manager of the office of the "International Center for the Development of Parliamentarism" NGO Mher Avagyan, and citizen Aram Sargsyan along the lines of the aforesaid criminal case.

According to the court decision on Sunday, Saghatelyan and Sargsyan were arrested, whereas Avagyan was released.

All of them were detained under the Criminal Code articles on inciting hostility by an organized group, making public calls for violence by an organized group, publicly justifying or propagating violence, and violating the rules for publishing or disseminating information during martial law.