Eva Merkacheva: “Ruben is being forced to change his own lawyer for a state lawyer”

Eva Merkacheva, member of the Human Rights Council, said that Ruben Vardanyan was being forced to change his lawyer to a state lawyer as part of the trial.

“Taking into account the events of the interstate conflict, the forcible imposition of a public defender from one of the parties on the accused looks ambiguous,” the human rights activist said.

She explained that she considers the state institution of advocacy a strong humanistic initiative, but she opposes the use of this mechanism to legalize the judicial process.

“A person must have a choice: a state lawyer or a non-state lawyer. “A person must have a choice: a state lawyer or a non-state lawyer. And this is especially important, as I think, when it comes to courts, which, both in terms of their content and the attention of the world community attached to it, have an international status,” Merkacheva said.

More information: https://t.me/Merkacheva/3255