Doctors stage protest outside the Office of the Prosecutor-General in support of professor Charchyan

Doctors and nurses  of Izmirlyan medical centre and other Yerevan medical institutions  staged a peaceful protest on Friday outside the Office of the Prosecutor-General, demanding to release Professor Armen Charchyan. 

To remind, Armen Charchyan, who was a candidate for MP from the "Armenia" bloc, was arrested last week by Police for allegedly forcing his employees to take part in the snap parliamentary elections and to vote for the "Armenia" bloc. The Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction granted on Wednesday the petition filed by the Special Investigation Service to arrest Charchyan. Before the arrest ruling, Charchyan's health condition deteriorated and he was transferred to Yerevan hospital. 

Around 539 doctors have joined  a petition to release Charchyan. In a letter addressed Armenian authorities, including the acting PM, the president, the prosecutor general and the ministers of justice and health, the medical workers stress the need to remove detention as a preventive measure considering not only the latter's health condition but also his demanded service to numerous patents who are waiting for surgery to be performed by the Professor.