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ARMENIAN COURT REJECTS HUNANYAN BROTHERS' BID TO REVIEW THEIR SENTENCES
Tert.am
16.09.11
An Armenian court has denied a request by lifers Nairi and Karen
Hunanyan brothers to review their sentences, according to the Armenian
website Hra.am.
The Hunanyans pointed to the amendments introduced in the Criminal
Code on 23 May 2011.
The defender of Hunanyan brothers said that the law allows changing
their life term for 20 years imprison. But the court dismissed the
request, saying that they committed a deed that is that poses threat
to the society and have therefore been given a worthy punishment.
Nairi and Karen Hunanyans were sentenced for the organization and
implementation of a terror attack on Armenia's parliament on 27
October 1999, killing the then Prime Minister Vazgen Sargsyan,
Chairman of the National Assembly Karen Demirchyan and several MPs.
Edik Grigoryan, also sentenced to life imprisonment over the same case,
in turn, sent a letter to the court, demanding to review his sentence.
Grigoryan's defender, Karapet Aghajanyan, told Hra.am that his
defendant also asked that the court to allow him and Aghajanyan to
attend the court hearing.
Aghajanyan, however, added that Grigoryan has so far not been informed
of the date of the court hearing.
Tert.am
16.09.11
An Armenian court has denied a request by lifers Nairi and Karen
Hunanyan brothers to review their sentences, according to the Armenian
website Hra.am.
The Hunanyans pointed to the amendments introduced in the Criminal
Code on 23 May 2011.
The defender of Hunanyan brothers said that the law allows changing
their life term for 20 years imprison. But the court dismissed the
request, saying that they committed a deed that is that poses threat
to the society and have therefore been given a worthy punishment.
Nairi and Karen Hunanyans were sentenced for the organization and
implementation of a terror attack on Armenia's parliament on 27
October 1999, killing the then Prime Minister Vazgen Sargsyan,
Chairman of the National Assembly Karen Demirchyan and several MPs.
Edik Grigoryan, also sentenced to life imprisonment over the same case,
in turn, sent a letter to the court, demanding to review his sentence.
Grigoryan's defender, Karapet Aghajanyan, told Hra.am that his
defendant also asked that the court to allow him and Aghajanyan to
attend the court hearing.
Aghajanyan, however, added that Grigoryan has so far not been informed
of the date of the court hearing.