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455 Prisoners Released Under Amnesty as of Jun. 16
As of Jun. 16, there are 455 prisoners released and 54 prisoners whose sentences have been reduced under...Read More »
Amnesty Applied to Police Officers Charged with Vahan Khalafyan’s Death
The appeals court Wednesday ruled to throw out the appeals in the case of Vahan Khalafyan who died under suspicious circumstances on...Read More »
434 Prisoners Released Under Amnesty as of Jun. 12
As of Jun. 12, there are 434 prisoners released under the general amnesty granted on occasion of the 20th anniversary...Read More »
417 Prisoners Released Under Amnesty as of Jun. 7
As of Jun. 7, there are 417 prisoners released under the general amnesty granted on occasion of the 20th...Read More »
Decision to Grant Amnesty to Tigran Postanjyan to be Protested in Appeals Court: Aravot
Heritage Party MP Zaruhi Postanjyan told local daily Aravot ("Morning") that the Jun. 3 decision to grant amnesty to...Read More »
No Legal Grounds for Pre-Term Parliamentary Elections, Says Armenia’s Justice Minister
"From a legal perspective, the absolute dissolution of parliament is not possible, according to the 2005...Read More »
400 Prisoners Released Under Amnesty as of Jun. 5
As of Jun. 5, there are 400 prisoners released under the general amnesty granted on occasion of the 20th anniversary of...Read More »
There Were No Political Prisoners in Armenia During Kocharian’s Presidency: Soghomonyan
"First of all, from the moment of gaining independence, our state has announced amnesty a few times already (if I am not...Read More »
Sarkis Hatspanian, Murad Bojolyan to be Released in a Few Days: Opinion
"I particularly isolate the case of Sarkis Hatspanian because both this amnesty and the one announced in 2009 applied to him, but...Read More »
376 Prisoners Released Under Amnesty as of Jun. 2
As of Jun. 2, there are 376 prisoners released under the general amnesty granted by Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan...Read More »