APPLICATION WITH REGARD TO SETTING ARMAN BABAJANIAN FREE AHEAD OF
TIME HAS BEEN REJECTED
YEREVAN, JULY 20, NOYAN TAPAN. The Commission on issues concerning
setting free ahead of time on probation and serving one’s punishment
rejected the application with regard to setting Arman Babajanian,
the editor-in-chief of "Zhamanak Yerevan" newspaper, free ahead of
time on July 19. The commission, which is headed by Hovhannes Hunanian,
the RA Deputy Chief of the Police, made this decision with five against
and three for votes. According to the information provided to a Noyan
Tapan correspondent by Armine Ohanian, the editor of "Zhamanak Yerevan"
newspaper, Arman Babajanian has been on a hunger strike since July 20.
It should also be mentioned that Arman Babajanian has been sentenced
to three years and six months of imprisonment for evading military
service.