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- The Anti-Corruption Committee has imposed a travel ban on Valery Osipyan and Robert Melkonyan.
- The measure is tied to the March 1 case and is described as a pre-trial restriction.
- Osipyan and Melkonyan are accused of organizing the dispersal of peaceful protesters.
- The travel ban bars them from leaving the country while investigations proceed.
Armenia’s anti-corruption body has imposed a travel ban on Valery Osipyan and Robert Melkonyan in connection with the March 1 case, the agency announced. The decision restricts their ability to travel abroad as investigators pursue the allegations linked to the events surrounding the long-running case.
The travel ban on Osipyan and Melkonyan signals a continued push by Armenian authorities to enforce pre-trial restrictions in a case that sits at the intersection of law and politics; how the process unfolds will influence perceptions of accountability in Armenia and could shape subsequent legal and political dynamics in the country.