Victory in the Case of Our Client A.H. Accused of Illegally Crossing the Border of the Republic of Armenia

On September 30, 2024, the trial regarding our client A.H. and two other defendants concluded in the General Jurisdiction Court of the Lori Region, presided over by our lawyers Andranik Mnatsakanyan and Arsen Sardaryan. In this criminal case, A.H. was charged under Article 469, Part 3, Point 2 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia for the serious crime of illegally crossing the state border of the Republic of Armenia by a group of individuals with prior agreement. According to the published verdict, the court did not apply the imposed penalty of imprisonment conditionally on A.H. and the other two defendants, instead establishing a probation period. We thank Judge Armen Shiroyan for conducting a fair trial and rendering a humanitarian judicial act.

Our client I.M. Charges were brought under Part 3 of Article 190 and Point 2 of Part 3 of Article 266 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia, adopted on April 18, 2003, on two episodes.

Since 2020, the criminal case has been under review in the general jurisdiction court of first instance in the Kotayk region of the Republic of Armenia regarding our clients A.A. and A.S.A. for allegedly committing group murder and acquiring and possessing weapons and ammunition. These alleged offenses are provided for by point 7 of part 2 of Article 104 and part 2 of Article 235 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia, adopted in 2003. The accused A.A. has been in detention for more than 5 years, while A.S.A. has been in detention for more than 2 years.

On 14.05.2024, criminal proceedings were initiated at the RA Anti-Corruption Committee in connection with alleged criminal acts of abuse of official authority and causing significant property damage to the community by a former high-ranking official.