APPLICATION CONCERNING ARMAN BABAJANIAN’S CASE SENT TO EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS

Noyan Tapan
Jun 27, 2007

YEREVAN, JUNE 27, NOYAN TAPAN. The new lawyer of Arman Babajanian,
the editor-in-chief of the "Zhamanak Yerevan" newspaper, who has been
detained, applied to the European Court of Human Rights with the
fact of a free speech violation. Nikolay Baghdasarian, the lawyer
of Arman Babajanian, informed journalists on June 26 that they are
implementing discrimination towards his defendant, as the law on
alternative service adopted since 2003 by the resolution of the RA
Government has not been enforced in his case, "whereas, law is equal
for everybody and the above mentioned law has already been enforced
for 2067 citizens avoiding military service."

It should also be reminded that Arman Babajanian was detained on
June 26, 2006. A criminal case was filed against him for simulating
documents and avoiding the levy of military service term through
fraud. Later the court condemned Arman Babajanian to a 3 and a half
year imprisonment. N.

Baghdasarian also mentioned that the defensive side has applied to
the Court of Appeal and been refused without any grounds.