The mothers are protesting in front of the General Prosecutor’s Office against the illegal adoption of children. They demand the arrest of Razmik Abrahamyan, director of the Republican Maternity Hospital.

Haykuhi Khachatryan, who gave birth to her third child at the Republican Maternity Hospital but never saw her, has been struggling to find out what happened to her newborn for about three months.

She claims that her child was stolen.

“Razmik Abrahamyan tried to bribe me, offered 1 million drams to keep scilence,” she says.

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As previously reported, Razmik Abrahamyan, Director of the Republican Institute of Reproductive Health, Perinatology, Obstetrics and Gynecology,  Deputy Director Arshak Jherjeryan, Director of the Yerevan Children’s Home SNCO Liana Karapetyan and 2 other persons were arrested.

The investigator filed a motion with the court to select detention as measure of restraint against him, which the court denied. The RA General Prosecutor’s Office has already appealed the decisions of the Court of General Jurisdiction to the Court of Appeal of the Republic of Armenia regarding the application of measures restraint against three of the five persons involved in the mentioned criminal case.

According to the prosecutor’s office, the investigator had presented substantial arguments and suspisions in the motion regarding to selection of arrest as measure of restraint against Razmik Abrahamyan in the connection of the alleged actions that he is accused of; thus according to the prosecutions assessment the court’s ruling is not substantiated.

An earlier appeal has been filed in the case under Article 34-168 (2 – 2) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia against the decision to use the bail as an alternative measure to the citizen D. Grigoryan another accused in the case. It was accepted to proceedings.