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Turkish FM welcomes US court decision denying release of Hampig Sassounian
http://armenpress.am/eng/news/725237/turkish-fm-welcomes-us-court-decision-denying-release-of-hampig-sassounian.html
13:17, 6 July, 2013
YEREVAN, JULY 6, ARMENPRESS: The Turkish Foreign Ministry has welcomed
the decision of a U.S. court to deny a probation request by Hampig
Sassounian. Two similar requests were denied in 2006 and 2010. As
reported by Armenpress, this was published by the Turkish Hurriyet
Daily News. Hampig Sassounian applied to the Court of the U.S State
of California to provide him with a conditional release. However, the
Commission for early release of prisoners rejected the petition.
Hampig Sassounian was a member of the Armenian Secret Army for the
Liberation of Armenia (ASALA), who had been convicted for the murder
of Los Angeles Consul General Kemal Arıkan in 1982, after which he
was sentenced to life imprisonment. By now Hampig Sassounian has spent
in prison for 31 years.
From: Baghdasarian
http://armenpress.am/eng/news/725237/turkish-fm-welcomes-us-court-decision-denying-release-of-hampig-sassounian.html
13:17, 6 July, 2013
YEREVAN, JULY 6, ARMENPRESS: The Turkish Foreign Ministry has welcomed
the decision of a U.S. court to deny a probation request by Hampig
Sassounian. Two similar requests were denied in 2006 and 2010. As
reported by Armenpress, this was published by the Turkish Hurriyet
Daily News. Hampig Sassounian applied to the Court of the U.S State
of California to provide him with a conditional release. However, the
Commission for early release of prisoners rejected the petition.
Hampig Sassounian was a member of the Armenian Secret Army for the
Liberation of Armenia (ASALA), who had been convicted for the murder
of Los Angeles Consul General Kemal Arıkan in 1982, after which he
was sentenced to life imprisonment. By now Hampig Sassounian has spent
in prison for 31 years.
From: Baghdasarian