Defenders in Case of Seven boycott the trial

PanARMENIAN.Net - Case of Seven attorneys of the accused declared that they will no longer participate in the trial, which does not mean they're renouncing their clients. "It's impossible to work in current situation. We feel as if we're providing only physical presence in court. We do not want to participate in the farce and inequity," the attorney of the accused Suren Sirunyan, Varduhi Elbakyan stated.



"We got an impression that the Armenian courts have no other business besides Case of Seven trial. Armenian legal system is a machine making up new laws aimed against the accused," Grigor Voskenchyan's attorney Stepan Vskanyan said.



Hovhannes Arsenyan, the attorney of the accused: Myasnik Malkhasyan, Alexander Arzumanyan and Sasun Mikaelyan, resented court's rejecting Sasun Mikayelyan's petition for a right to engage another attorney.



According to the attorneys, on Dec 19 the court needed an excuse to postpone the case for 14 days, so the recent acceleration of the trial is incomprehensible to them. They declared they can't keep up with this accelerated schedule.



The attorneys expressed their views on Shant Harutyunyan's case, which was suspended because of his being announced mentally challenged, and emphasized that the court had no right to suspend the case without psychiatric examination results.