NOTHING THREATENS LIFE OF IMPRISONED JOURNALIST, REPRESENTATIVE OF JUSTICE MINISTRY SAYS

Noyan Tapan

Au g 22, 2008

YEREVAN, AUGUST 22, NOYAN TAPAN. The RA ministry of justice denied
the information in the essay "They Threatened to Spoil" in the August
22 issue of Aravot day, according to which the imprisoned journalist
Arman Babajanian was given a disc showing some criminals committing
an act of sexual violence against another prisoner. A. Babajanian
was threatened that the same may happen to him.

Spokeswoman for the RA justice minister Lana Mshetsian said that A.

Babajanian submitted a petition to the heads of the penitentiary with
the request to deny this information.

It was stated that nothing threatens A. Babajanian’s life, and
the penitentiary’s management has taken the respective measures to
ensure personal security of the journalist and the normal course of
his treatment.