NIKOL PASHINYAN BELIEVES THAT VERDICT PASSED AGAINST HIM IS UNPRECEDENTED EVEN FOR CORRUPT PUPPET ARMENIAN JUDICIARY

ArmInfo
2010-01-19 21:32:00

ArmInfo. The verdict passed against me by the judge of the Center-Nork
Marash court Mnatsakan Martirossyan is unprecedented even for the
corrupt puppet Armenian judiciary, the editor of the opposition
Haykakan Zhamanak newspaper Nikol Pashinyan said after the court had
announced its decision to sentence him to seven years in jail.

Pashinyan said that the verdict had proved once again that the action
brought against him had political implications. "The puppet court,
the criminal prosecutor’s office, the illegal authorities were all
eager to put me in jail but failed to agree on how to do it. The
court’s decision to acquit me under article 316 was just an imitation
of justice."

Pashinyan believes that his prosecution was ordered by the criminal
regime, namely, by Serzh Sargsyan, and was groundless and illegal.

Pashinyan has urged all those who loves freedom to continue the
struggle to dethrone the criminal-oligarchic regime and to elect legal
government. Pashinyan will continue his fight whether free or jailed.

After the disorders of Mar 1-2 2008 Pashinyan was charged with
applying violence against a policeman (article 316) and organizing the
disturbances (article 225). He hid out for one year and reappeared
after the last summer amnesty. Under article 316 Pashinyan has been
acquitted but under article 225 declared guilty.