Bid for early release rejected
The Committee for the Protection of Political Prisoners has issued a statement today.
"On November 30 Armenian authorities once again demonstrated their malevolence by denying an early release to political prisoner, French citizen Sargis Hatspanian. Grounds for rejection are not essential in this case. The most important is that Hatspanian is a political prisoner and the upper echelons haven't yet issued the order of release.
The authorities realized their cherished dream of keeping the political prisoners in dungeons as long as possible and proved that they had been forced to amnesty the political prisoners by the pressure of outer forces, hence it was not a manifestation of good will.
We urge everyone concerned over the fate of political prisoners to increase pressure on the authorities and to continue struggle for establishing democracy in Armenia.
On the eve of Human Rights Day, we wish the other jailed 15 political prisoners health, valour and strength," reads the statement.
