Will Sargsyan grant liberty?
Leader of the "Heritage" faction Armen Martirosyan sent a letter to Serzh Sargsyan.
"Today I visited editor-in-chief of "Zhamanak" newspaper Arman Babajanyan who is currently at the "Prisoners' Hospital penitentiary" and this was not my first visit to the penitentiary. I had never come out of the penitentiary in such a dismal state because I had not noticed how worse the prisoner's health had gotten. He had 35% impaired vision on his right eye and 40% on his left eye, hypophesis swelling as a result of which he feels a constant trembling near his right toe.
We have raised concerns about Arman Babajanyan's health condition several times, but our concerns have remained unanswered and now we have a young Armenian man who is in extremely poor health condition. I drew the conclusion that not only were his human rights violated (including the conditional premature release), but also his health.
Stressing the importance of the many commitments of our country, I stress even more importance to the manifestations of tolerance, generosity and rationale in our country. It is unfair when a criminal who organizes a "battle" that leads to deaths in Yerevan gets less time in prison than a young journalist who is charged with falsifying documents with the purpose to escape military service.
I ask for your mediation and hope that you will grant liberty to Arman Babajanyan in line with your powers as president," as stated in the letter by Armen Martirosyan.
