YEREVAN. – The Criminal Court of Appeal of Armenia on Thursday resumed the hearing on the Prosecutor General’s Office appeal of the first instance court’s decision on releasing ex-MP and retired General Manvel Grigoryan from prison on bail.
At the end of the previous hearing on Monday, the demonstrators who are demanding Grigoryan’s arrest, yet again, had marched to Republic Square, the heart of capital city Yerevan.
On December 21, 2018 the Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction released Manvel Grigoryan from custody on an AMD 25mn (approx. US$51,600) bail. The Prosecutor General’s Office, however, has appealed this decision to the Criminal Court of Appeal.
Grigoryan was remanded in custody on June 19, and by the decision of the Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction.
He is charged with unlawfully acquiring and possessing weapons and ammunition, as well as committing large-scale embezzlement. In particular, it is about the appropriation of the aid that was sent during the days of the four-day war in Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh), in April 2016.
