None of us can visit Professor Armen Charchyan since he is under arrest, even though he is in the hospital. This is what doctor Samvel Sahakyan said during the protest that doctors held in support of doctor Armen Charchyan in front of the Special Investigation Service today.

“Yesterday Professor Armen Charchyan’s situation sharply worsened. As far as I know, he was tested through coronography. His blood sugar level and glucose aren’t normal, and his blood pressure isn’t returning to the normal rate,” 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’.