Prison term of Sargis Hatspanian extended for another two months

YEREVAN , DECEMBER 30, NOYAN TAPAN. The closed-door sitting of the court
of first instance of Yerevan’s Kentron and Nork-Marash community
(judge: Gayane Karakhanian) on December 30 granted the prosecution’s
petition to extend the arrest as a precautionary measure with the
respect to Sargis Hatspanian, a French Armenian, former azatamartik
(freedom fighter) for another two months.

To recap, S. Hatspanian was arrested after he had said in an interview
with Armenian Time daily in October that an attempt upon Armenian
president Serzh Sargsyan’s life was being prepared. After a talk at the
National Security Service, the former azatamartik was charged under
Article 333 Part 2 of the RA Criminal Code (false crime reporting),
which envisages an imprisonment for up to 5 years.