"THEY MADE THE WORST CHOICE SUITABLE FOR THEM"

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The Cassation Court made a decision out of the given circumstances,” Commander of a Masis battalion, member of the Yerkrapah Volunteer Union (YKM) Husik Baghdasaryan said to A1+ today.

Husik Baghdasaryan is still in the Vardashen Penitentiary Institution and will likely stay there for a few days by the time all technical issues are settled.

Husik Baghdasaryan is not elated with the court decision. The Cassation Court hasn't returned a verdict of not guilty. It simply sent Baghdasaryan to a conditional release.

“The authorities tried to show the Council of Europe, in particular Hammarberg, that another political prisoner has been freed. On the other hand, the sentence is not vacated, and a conditional release does imply that you can be back to the cell any moment,” said Husik Baghdasaryan.

The commander of a Masis battalion expected the Cassation Court to bring in a fair verdict and to discharge him although he didn't exclude that the case could be remitted for further inquiry or the Court might reduce the term of sentence.

They made the worst choice. This is merely the continuation of the “vendetta” mentioned by Hammarberg. They only changed the mechanism of punishment. They decided to effectuate the arrest and in order to prove that they are law-abiding and act inn compliance with law they have made a situational decision. I would have been acquitted if the court trial were fair as the case “was obvious to anyone.”

Husik Baghdasaryan states that the Cassation Court has proved that innocent people are kept in prison for their political stance.