Serob Gasparyan, a participant in the Artsakh wars, will continue to be detained. By the decision of Judge Arsen Nikoghosyan of the Appellate Criminal Court, the appeal of the defenders against Serob Gasparyan's arrest decision was rejected. Serob Gasparyan's defender Erik Aleksanyanof "Hraparak".told that they do not consider the decision to be legal and will appeal to the Court of Cassation as soon as they receive it.
"The whole problem is as follows: in fact, based on the testimony of only two witnesses presented in the materials, Gasparyan is under arrest. We say that the only tool to reduce the grounds for obstructing the investigation is confrontation with the law. And since the law says that a confrontation is done when there is a contradiction between the testimonies of the accused, or witnesses give incriminating testimony against the accused, we say we are ready to confront, confront, so that we have a reduction in the grounds for obstructing the investigation. That is what the interest of justice demands. But the investigation refuses for unclear reasons, so that they try to keep Serob Gasparyan in custody for a long time," said Aleksanyan. When asked what the reason was, the lawyer said, but did not say whether there is another context or not. considers the issue only on the legal level and will continue the fight on the legal level and try to win Gasparyan's freedom. Refusing the confrontation is not legal to the extent that the witnesses give incriminating testimony against Gasparyan and he himself demands the mandatory performance of the confrontation under those conditions.
"That investigator refuses, we appealed the refusal decision to the prosecutor, and the prosecutor rejected our complaint, that is, the criminal prosecution authorities refuse to conduct the confrontation for some reasons. In any case, the reason is unknown to us, whatever the reason, it cannot be legal, because the law requires that there should be a confrontation," Gasparyan's lawyer said. Is there an agreement between the prosecutor and the investigator? Aleksanyan said that it is naturally so, the presumption suggests it. Let us remind that Serob Gasparyan was arrested on September 28, on the charge of carrying out preparatory works to usurp the power. As if a group of people participated in exercises in Russia in order to return to Armenia and implement a change of power. Two more people have been detained in this case, and four are under investigation. Serob Gasparyan does not accept the accusation. A source close to the freedom fighter said that Gasparyan is unbreakable because he is not guilty. His motto in the past and now is: "The devotees do not convert."
