DECLARATION OF ARMAN BABAJANIAN, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF DAILY "ZHAMANAK YEREVAN" FROM PLACE OF CONFINEMENT
Noyan Tapan
Nov 29, 2007
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 29, NOYAN TAPAN. Arman Babajanian, the
editor-in-chief of the Daily "Zhamanak Yerevan", who has been
sentenced to imprisonment, spread a declaration on November 28,
which, in particular, runs as follows: "I am given an opportunity
for a regular pre-term conditional release in December and I expect
the international and local lawyer organizations of Armenia to show
interest with regard to the activities of the state officials led by
illegal instructions from the presidential residence of Armenia. The
pre-electoral processes launched before the forthcoming presidential
elections have coarsed the position of the presidential institute with
regard to my problem, for the implementation of which illegal steps
and means not used until now will be taken in the near future. I want
to believe that due to the united efforts of the local and foreign
lawyer organizations, as well as of mass media, it will become
possible to eradicate the political persecutions and encroachments
upon free speech in the country. I hope that due to the consistent
and persistent work of the current lawyers, my release will become a
reality by the oder envisaged by law and I will return to my creative
work due to your assistance."