APPLICATION ON PRE-TERM RELEASE OF ARMAN BABAJANIAN SUBMITTED TO INDEPENDENT COMMISSION

NOYAN TAPAN

Ju ly 9

The administration of the penitentiary institution has submitted
an application on the issue of Zhamanak Yerevan newspaper’s
editor-in-chief Arman Babajanian to the interdepartmental independent
commission on issue of pre-term release or replacing the non-served
part of punishment by a milder one. NT correspondent was informed about
it on July 9 by Arsen Babayan, the Spokesperson of the Penitentiary
Department Head of the RA Ministry of Justice. He also said that the
commission representatives have already met with Arman Babajanian,
listened to him, they will present the respective report on it for
the examination of the comission sitting.

It should be mentioned that Yerevan Kentron and Nork-Marash
communities’ general jurisdiction court, on the basis of
A. Babajanian’s complaint, had abolished the April 3 decision of the
administration of the Convicts’ Hospital penitentiary institution
(according to which, Babajanian needed social-psychological
work). A. Babajanian has been sentenced to 3.5 years’ imprisonment
with the accusation of evading the compulsory military service.