Dressed in white robes, doctors have gathered in front of the Special Investigation Service of Armenia to protest in support of doctor Armen Charchyan, who is included in the list of ‘Armenia’ bloc (the bloc recently won seats in parliament after the snap parliamentary elections on June 20) and who has been remanded by the court.

Earlier, 539 doctors had addressed the authorities and people with an open letter to abolish Charchyan’s detention.

Samvel Sahakyan, one of the doctors participating in the protest, said he will also address an open letter, but only to Head of the Special Investigation Service Sasun Khachatryan. “It’s not the same open letter, but the meaning is the same. There won’t be a political evaluation. All the doctors gathered here are war veterans,” he said.

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’.