Doctors dressed in white robes and holding a protest in support of doctor Armen Charchyan in front of the Special Investigation Service of Armenia handed an open letter over to Head of the Special Investigation Service Sasun Khachatryan.

In their letter, the doctors wrote that they ask, urge and demand Khachatryan to do everything he can to make sure Charchyan is in liberty, adding that they believe in democracy, fair justice and humanism. They also noted that Professor Armen Charchyan won’t obstruct investigation of the case and guaranteed that he won’t hide from the body implementing proceedings.

Charchyan is charged with giving and receiving bribes to and from voters, violating the ban on charities during elections or obstructing exercise of the free will of voters, yet doesn’t accept the charge.

According to an investigator of the Special Investigation Service, if Charchyan stays in liberty, he will hide from the body conducting proceedings and will obstruct investigation of the case against him.

The court declared Charchyan’s detention unlawful. After Charchyan was released, he gave a press conference during which he touched upon the launched criminal case and claimed that it is ‘a phony case’.