Lawyers representing an Armenian judge claimed on Tuesday that law-enforcement authorities want to arrest him because of his decision to grant bail to an opposition figure detained in December.
A prominent war veteran highly critical of Armenia’s government was arrested on Wednesday one year after being charged with plotting to assassinate Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian.
Armenian Judge Claims Government Retribution
Մայիս 04, 2021
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A judge in Yerevan claimed on Tuesday that the Armenian authorities are trying to punish him for his refusal to sanction the arrest of a man accused of plotting to assassinate Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian.
The man, Ashot Minasian, was the commander of a volunteer militia from the southeastern town of Sisian which participated in the autumn war in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Minasian and three opposition figures were detained in November amid anti-government protests in Yerevan sparked by Armenia’s defeat in the six-week war. The National Security Service (NSS) charged them with plotting to kill Pashinian and overthrow the government.