NIKOL PASHINIAN SENTENCED TO 7 YEARS’ IMPRISONMENT
Noyan Tapan
Jan 19, 2010
YEREVAN, JANUARY 19, NOYAN TAPAN. Yerevan Kentron and Nork-Marash
communities’ general jurisdiction court presided by judge Mnatsakan
Martirosian by the January 19 judgement sentenced Haykakan Zhamanak
daily’s editor-in-chief Nikol Pashinian to 7 years’ imprisonment.
The court considered as proved the charge brought to him by part 1,
Article 225, RA Criminal Code, on organizing mass disorders on March
1 2008 in Yerevan. The court found him not guilty by part 1, Article
316, RA Criminal Code, on using violence to a power representative
not dangerous for his life and health on October 23 2007, due to the
lack of proof.
It should be mentioned that prosecutors Koryun Piloyan and Haroutiun
Haroutiunian had petitioned to sentence N. Pashinian to 6 years’
imprisonment by part 1, Article 225 and to 2.5 years’ imprisonment by
part 1, Article 316, with partial addition of measure of punishment,
in total to 8 years’ imprisonment.
As N. Pashinian’s lawyer Lusine Sahakian said in her interview to
journalists, they are going to appeal against the judgement at the
Criminal Appellate Court. According to her, passing such a sentence
is immorality. According to the lawyer, even the prosecutors had
petitioned to sentence N. Pashinian to 6 years’ imprisonment by part 1,
Article 225.