OMBUDSMAN VOUCHES FOR ARMAN BABAJANYAN

Lragir, Armenia
Dec 12 2007

The ombudsman of Armenia Armen Harutiunyan sent a letter to the chair
of the independent commission for conditional sentence and replacement
with milder punishment A. Yeritsyan, vouching for Arman Babajanyan.

He wrote that the working group of the human rights defender
visited the hospital of convicts on December 7, and met with Arman
Babajanyan. During the talk Arman Babajanyan said he has problems
with health and the administration of the hospital is considering
replacing imprisonment with conditional sentence.

Armen Harutiunyan’s letter runs that Arman Babajanyan’s behavior is
compliant, he has already served 1/2 of his sentence, and he can be
released early according to Article 76 of the Crime Code of Armenia
allowing for releasing a convict sentenced for minor offenses after
serving 1/3 of sentence.