Hatspanyan is a liberation fighter
Advocates Avetik Ishkhanyan and Vardan Harutyunyan, Hatspanyan's fellow fighters held a press conference at the "Friday" club today to discuss why French-Armenian liberation figher Sargis Hatspanyan was still being deprived of his liberty when the amnesty referred to him and to prove that Sargis Hatspanyan has actually been a liberation fighter.
According to the advocates, the Ministry of Justice claims that the reason for not releasing Hatspanyan is the lack of a document stating that he is a liberation fighter.
But the advocates are not able to get a notice from the Ministry of Defense of Armenia or the NKR to prove that he participated in the Karabakh war. Nevertheless,since he is still under arrest, advocates are still trying to come up with different ideas. For instance, President of the Armenian Helsinki Committee Avetik Ishkhanyan believes that the Ministries could show good will and provide the notice, while advocate Vardan Harutyunyan mentioned that they want revenge from Sargis Hatspanyan.
Member of the "Republic" party Artak Zeynalyan agreed with that, adding that even if the notice was available, the authorities would still come up with some other reason to keep him in prison.
The advocates also presented the appeal of the Deputy Chairman of the National Assembly of the NKR by which he assures the RA Justice Minister: "As organizer of the Martakert wing of the Artsakh movement, I testify that French Armenian Sargis Hatspanyan has actively participated in the Artsakh struggle since 1991." The advocates also presented Sargis Hatspanyan's NKR passport, which was granted during the years of the war to mark that he was not French in case of his death.
