Sargis Hatspanian remains in custody
Sargis Hatspanian, a French-Armenian opposition activist and a hero of the Artsakh War, remains in captivity.
Remind that some documents certifying that Hatspanian was a Karabakh war veteran were to be submitted for defendant Hatspanian to be freed under the amnesty bill of July 19.
Both the Defense Ministry and Justice Ministry said there were no documents available in their archives certifying to Hatspanian's participation in the Karabakh war.
"The legal grounds Hatspanain has are more than sufficient to amnesty the defendant," says Advocate Robert Revazian.
"The public has no doubts that Hatspanian fought for Karabakh's liberalization: there are witnesses and video reports. People assume that what happens to Hatspanian is a manifestation of political revenge," says the advocate.
The amnesty is applied to all detainees sentenced to five years' imprisonment who participated in liberalization wars.
A Yerevan court sentenced Sargis Hatspanian to 3.5 years' imprisonment for false denunciation on April 9, 2009.
The arrest followed his interview of November 3, 2008, to opposition daily Haykakan Zhamanak in which Sargis Hatspanian claimed the head of state was a target of an imminent assassination attempt.
