RA Court of Appeals rejects appeal against decision to detain  Andranik Tevanyan

ArmInfo.  The legal team of Andranik Tevanyan, leader of the Mother Armenia party and number two on the Prosperous Armenia party's electoral list, has filed an appeal  to a higher court against the first-instance court's decision to  detain him for two months, which was overturned by the Criminal Court  of Appeals. This was announced in a post by the Mother Armenia party  on Facebook.

The political party also announced that it will appeal the decision  to the Court of Cassation.

As a reminder, on May 21, the Investigative Committee of Armenia  announced the opening of a criminal case against Andranik Tevanyan  for "treason and espionage." Tevanyan is accused of transferring  information containing state secrets to a foreign state for $622,000.  On the night of May 24, Tevanyan was remanded in custody for two  months by court order. Moreover, according to Tevanyan's lawyer, Aram  Orbelyan, there were no legal grounds for his client's detention. It  should be added that the opposition figure's arrest occurred on the  direct orders of current Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.  Tevanyan himself called the investigation's allegations absurd,  noting that he resigned his parliamentary mandate in 2023 and,  therefore, such allegations by the Investigative Committee are  baseless.