(LIVE) Press conference of American lawyer Robert Amsterdam

Renowned international lawyer and human rights advocate Robert Amsterdam, who arrived in Armenia on an urgent visit, is holding a press conference.

As previously reported, the lawyer’s visit to Yerevan is related to several high-profile criminal cases, including the proceedings initiated against Archbishop Mikael Ajapahyan, Primate of the Shirak Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church, and Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan, philanthropist and businessman Samvel Karapetyan, as well as the pressure on the Armenian Apostolic Church.