Supporters of the second president of Armenia demand from the  Ombudsman to declare Kocharyan a political prisoner and protect his  rights

ArmInfo. Supporters of the second  president of Armenia, Robert Kocharyan, held a rally on August 9 at  the office of Ombudsman Arman Tatoyan, demanding that Kocharyan be  declared a political prisoner and protect his rights.

In addition, Kocharyan's supporters submitted a 28-point statement to  the office of the human rights defender. In turn, the spokesman for  the Ombudsman said that the complaint would be examined.  The lawyer  Vahe Yeprikyan, in an interview with reporters, recalled that the  Human Rights Defender of Armenia Arman Tatoyan several times spoke  about the shameful offenses occurring in the country. <The Ombudsman  must respond accordingly to the situation so that we can get out of  the judicial case. The issue of the arrest of Robert Kocharyan  remains open and is not considered. The Supreme Judicial Council  seems to be inactive. The head of the court of general jurisdiction  of the city of Yerevan, Arthur Mkrtchyan, does not endorse this case  in any way for anyone", he said.

To note, a day earlier the European Court of Human Rights received an  appeal from the Constitutional Court of Armenia to receive advisory  opinion on cases accepted for consideration by the Constitutional  Court on the basis of statements by the court of general jurisdiction  of Yerevan and the second president of Armenia Robert Kocharyan.  Former President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan is accused under Part 1  of Art. 300.1 (overthrow of the constitutional order) and under  paragraph 2 of Part 4 of Art. 311 (taking bribes on an especially  large scale) of the RA Criminal Code. The second president was  detained for the third time on June 25 this year.