Armenian Film Producer Armen Grigoryan Dies In Courtroom
Armenian film producer Armen Grigoryan has died in the courtroom. The NEWS.am reports that Grigoryan's body is still in the courtroom.
An ambulance has arrived.
The producer's mother, relatives, and friends are at the courtroom.
During Friday’s preliminary hearings in the criminal case against Armen Grigoryan in a court of Yerevan, Grigoryan felt ill, lost consciousness, and fell from the chair.
During the remarks by his attorney Ruben Melikyan, Armen Grigoryan turned from his seat and fell to the ground.
This caused confusion in the courtroom.
Those in the courtroom tried to help him.
According to the new Criminal Procedure Code of Armenia, the matter of a restraining order also shall be considered during the preliminary hearings.
Despite numerous reports that Armen Grigoryan has serious health problems that are incompatible with detention, he was in custody since May 17.
On May 17, the National Security Service (NSS) of Armenia had issued a statement on the detention of producer Armen Grigoryan. Accordingly, during his interviews, he had debased the national dignity of the people of Shirak Province and the Ararat Plain and questioned their ethnic origins.
Armen Grigoryan was detained within the framework of the criminal case initiated at the NSS, and at the same time, the investigator had submitted a petition to the court to remand him in custody.
Armen Grigoryan had called half of the residents of the Ararat Plain and Shirak Province "orphans of Turks."
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