European Court of Human Rights dismissed Vahan Shirkhanyan`s  complaint

ArmInfo.The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) rejected the complaint of the ex-deputy defense minister of Armenia, of September 16, 2016, the convict of the case of the "armed Norq group", the prisoner of the Yerevan-Center of the  Ministry of Justice of Armenia Vahan Shirkhanyan.

The Armenian Justice Ministry?s statement reads that Shirkhanyan  asked to use as a measure of interim measure of restraint against him  set by the Court?s 39th regulations. The European Court informed  Armenian Government on February 9, 2017, demanding to provide the  copies of the documents on the medical care and service provided to  Vahan Shirkhanyan, which were sent to European Court in accordance  with regulations. 

As a result, the European Court, having studied the materials  received from the applicant and the Government of Armenia, decided to  reject the request of Vahan Shirkhanyan regarding the application of  an interim measure against him," the ministry said. Liquidated in  Yerevan criminal group Vahan Shirkhanyan was arrested on December 21,  2015. It is accused of cooperation with the leader of the group Artur  Vardanyan, as well as in preparation for the seizure of power. On  December 19, 2015, within the framework of the criminal case number  58216515 about the armed group neutralized in the Yerevan region of  Nork-Marash, on December 21, the court of Yerevan's administrative  districts Kentron and Nork-Marash elected him a two-month arrest as a  preventive measure. According to the RA National Security Service,  Vahan Shirkhanyan Is suspected of complicity in the criminal  community of Artur Vardanyan, in the performance of specific actions  and instructions - he is charged with the acts provided for in Part 2  of Article 223 of the Criminal Code (creation and participation in a  criminal community). Recall that on November 25, as a result of the  operational work of the bodies of the National Security Service of  Armenia, an organized criminal group was found that planned a number  of serious crimes in the territory of Armenia.  A former resident of  Yerevan living abroad, Arthur Vardanyan, arrived in Armenia in 2015,  where he created and directed the criminal community. By prior  agreement, the group acquired a large number of weapons, which they  hid in a house rented for this purpose in Nork-Marash. On November  25, during a search carried out jointly with the police, a variety of  assault rifles, pistols, grenade launchers (including fly type),  explosives, explosive devices, military uniforms, bulletproof vests,  communications equipment were found in the indicated location. During  the search, Arthur Vardanyan and 9 members of the group who were  arrested were in the house. The Investigation Department of the  National Security Service instituted criminal proceedings under Parts  1 and 2 of Art. 223 (creation and participation in a criminal  community) and part 3 of Art. 235 (illegal acquisition, sale,  storage, transportation or carrying of weapons committed by a group  of persons by prior agreement). The investigation is under way.   Within the framework of the criminal case, 33 people have been  charged, 25 of them are under arrest. Vahan Shirkhanyan, chairman of  the opposition party "Homeland and Honor" Garnik Margaryan, the main  shareholder of the company "Yeghvard Factory of Sports Shoes"  Vladimir Arakelyan are among those arrested.