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CHAKHALYAN'S LAWYER: "WE EXPECT HE WILL BE FREED UNDER NEW AMNESTY BILL"
Kristine Aghalaryan
09:00, December 27, 2012
United Javakhk leader Vahagn Chakhalyan is expected to be freed under
an amnesty bill passed by the Georgian Parliament on December 21.
Chakhalyan's lawyer Nino Adriashvili told Hetq that the activist,
imprisoned since 2008, will be freed as soon as bill is signed into
law by President Saakashvili.
Chakhalyan had been found guilty of illegal firearm and weapons
possession and was sentence to ten years.
190 prisoners recognized as victims of political persecution by the
Georgian Parliament will be freed under the new law. Chakhalyan wasn't
granted this status when several MPs opposed his inclusion. However,
they promised to review the matter after the holidays.
Adriashvili said that the charges filed against Chakhalyan were
classified as "non-serious" offences and as such, the prisoner is
eligible for amnesty.
Chakhalyan's case has since made its way to the European Court of Human Rights.
http://hetq.am/eng/news/21912/chakhalyans-lawyer-we-expect-he-will-be-freed-under-new-amnesty-bill.html
From: A. Papazian
Kristine Aghalaryan
09:00, December 27, 2012
United Javakhk leader Vahagn Chakhalyan is expected to be freed under
an amnesty bill passed by the Georgian Parliament on December 21.
Chakhalyan's lawyer Nino Adriashvili told Hetq that the activist,
imprisoned since 2008, will be freed as soon as bill is signed into
law by President Saakashvili.
Chakhalyan had been found guilty of illegal firearm and weapons
possession and was sentence to ten years.
190 prisoners recognized as victims of political persecution by the
Georgian Parliament will be freed under the new law. Chakhalyan wasn't
granted this status when several MPs opposed his inclusion. However,
they promised to review the matter after the holidays.
Adriashvili said that the charges filed against Chakhalyan were
classified as "non-serious" offences and as such, the prisoner is
eligible for amnesty.
Chakhalyan's case has since made its way to the European Court of Human Rights.
http://hetq.am/eng/news/21912/chakhalyans-lawyer-we-expect-he-will-be-freed-under-new-amnesty-bill.html
From: A. Papazian