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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF ARMENIAN OPPOSITION PAPER PASHINYAN RELEASED
PanARMENIAN.Net
May 27, 2011 - 19:08 AMT
Editor-in-chief of Haykakan Zhamanak paper Nikol Pashinyan, who was
convicted in the March 1, 2008 case, has been released from Artik
prison several minutes ago.
Several dozens of opposition supporters were waiting for Pashinyan's
release near the building of the prison. Pashinyan had been at large,
then surrendered and was sentenced to 7 years of imprisonment in March
2010 under article 215 of the Armenian Criminal Code (organization
of mass riots.)
Pashinyan has been released under the amnesty declared by the Armenian
President. Former member of the Armenian parliament Sasun Mikaelyan,
who was convicted in the March 1, 2008 case too, was released on May
27 as well. Mikaelyan had been sentenced to 8 years of imprisonment
for illegal weapons possession since March 2008. In December 2009,
he underwent a cardiac surgery.
President Sargsyan offered the National Assembly to declare amnesty
on occasion of the 20th anniversary of Armenia's independence, the
proposal being based on article 81.1.1 of the RA Constitution and
article 90 of the law on National Assembly regulations. With a vote
91-0, the Armenian parliament approved Thursday, May 26, President
Serzh Sargsyan's proposal for declaration of amnesty for 396 people
to be released and 379 to have their sentence cut.
>From February 20, 2008, the Armenian opposition led by first president
Levon Ter-Petrossian, who ran for presidency in 2008, but was not
elected, held rallies in the central part of Yerevan, protesting
against the election results. The protest actions resulted in unrest
and clashes between the police and rally participants on March 1-2.
According to the Office of RA Prosecutor General, around 200 people
were injured, 10 people were killed, and over 100 people were arrested.
PanARMENIAN.Net
May 27, 2011 - 19:08 AMT
Editor-in-chief of Haykakan Zhamanak paper Nikol Pashinyan, who was
convicted in the March 1, 2008 case, has been released from Artik
prison several minutes ago.
Several dozens of opposition supporters were waiting for Pashinyan's
release near the building of the prison. Pashinyan had been at large,
then surrendered and was sentenced to 7 years of imprisonment in March
2010 under article 215 of the Armenian Criminal Code (organization
of mass riots.)
Pashinyan has been released under the amnesty declared by the Armenian
President. Former member of the Armenian parliament Sasun Mikaelyan,
who was convicted in the March 1, 2008 case too, was released on May
27 as well. Mikaelyan had been sentenced to 8 years of imprisonment
for illegal weapons possession since March 2008. In December 2009,
he underwent a cardiac surgery.
President Sargsyan offered the National Assembly to declare amnesty
on occasion of the 20th anniversary of Armenia's independence, the
proposal being based on article 81.1.1 of the RA Constitution and
article 90 of the law on National Assembly regulations. With a vote
91-0, the Armenian parliament approved Thursday, May 26, President
Serzh Sargsyan's proposal for declaration of amnesty for 396 people
to be released and 379 to have their sentence cut.
>From February 20, 2008, the Armenian opposition led by first president
Levon Ter-Petrossian, who ran for presidency in 2008, but was not
elected, held rallies in the central part of Yerevan, protesting
against the election results. The protest actions resulted in unrest
and clashes between the police and rally participants on March 1-2.
According to the Office of RA Prosecutor General, around 200 people
were injured, 10 people were killed, and over 100 people were arrested.