Prisoner Serving His Sentence For October 27, 1999 Case Dies

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PRISONER SERVING HIS SENTENCE FOR OCTOBER 27, 1999 CASE DIES

PanARMENIAN.Net
May 17, 2010 – 11:35 AMT 06:35 GMT

Hamlet Stepanyan, who was sentenced for 14 years in prison for the
terrorist attack in the Armenian parliament on October 27, 1999,
died in Nubarashen jail on May 15, 2010. No sign of violent death
was found during the preliminary examination of the body.

Hamlet Stepanyan was sentenced in compliance with the following
articles of the Armenian Criminal Code: 300.1 (usurping state power),
305 (assassination of a state, political or public figure), 217
(terrorism) and 133 (illegal deprivation of freedom.)

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS