Preliminary hearings on producer Armen Grigoryan’s case set for July 15

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Armenia – July 5 2022

The preliminary court hearings on producer Armen Grigoryan's case have been scheduled for July 15, lawyers Ruben Melikyan and Armen Mashinyan said in a statement on Tuesday.

They will be held at the Kentron residence of the Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction. The case has been assigned to judge Mnatsakan Martirosyan.

Armen Grigoryan was arrested on 17 May on charges of “humiliating national dignity” of the residents of Shirak and Ararat Provinces and questioning their national identity in various interviews.

“Under the new Criminal Procedure Code, the measure of restraint, among other things, will be discussed at the preliminary court hearings," the statement reads.

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS