Hatspanian will undergo examination
The advocate of French Armenian citizen and Karabakh war veteran Sargis Hatspanian has submitted an appeal with the European Court of Human Rights, Hatspanian's wife Hasmik Poghosyan told A1+.
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.
Sargis Hatspanian went on a hunger strike in the Vardashen Penitentiary on International Human Rights Day in protest against a decision of prison administration forbidding his transfer to a special hospital for an in-depth examination.
However, yesterday evening Hatspanian was allowed to undergo examination in Nairi Medical Centre. The expenses will be paid by the family.
