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ZHIRAYR SEFILIAN AND VARDAN MALKHASIAN NOT TO BE RELEASED CONDITIONALLY AHEAD OF TIME IN OCTOBER
Author: Mashurian Sona Editor: Khachatrian Haroutiun
Noyan Tapan News Agency
Oct 9 2007
Armenia
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 9, NOYAN TAPAN. The defence lawyers of Zhirayr
Sefilian and Vardan Malkhasian have applied to the Armenian justice
minister with the request to examine the issue of inaction of "Kentron"
penitentiary's administration, NT correspondent was informed by
Mushegh Shushanian, the lawyer of V. Malkhasian.
Earlier Mushegh Shushanian and Ara Zakarian, lawyer of Z. Sefilian,
have stated at a press conference that they applied to "Kentron"
penitentiary's administration with the request to release their clients
ahead of time but the administration did not submit an application
to the independent interdepartmntal commission in order to discuss
this issue.
The coordinator of the civil initiative "Defence of Liberated
Territories" Zhirayr Sefilian (he was found guilty of illegal
possession of arms) has served more than half of his sentence, while
member of the "Homeland and Honor" party's political board Vardan
Malkhasian (found guilty of making public calls for seizure of state
power) has served over 2/3 of his sentence.
The defence lawyers said that the RA Constitutional Court on October
12 will hear lawyer Hayk Alumian's application on recognizing the norms
establishing the order of releasing the defendants conditionally ahead
of time as contradicing the Constitution of the RA. In their words, if
the Constitutional Court recognizes these norms as anticonstitutional,
they will have an opportunity to apply to court with the complaint
about the inaction of the penitentiary.
A. Zakarian and M. Shushanian noted that they intend to dispute the
ruling of the Criminal Appeal Court, which left the punishment imposed
on Z. Sefilian and V. Malkhasian unchanged (18 months and two years
respectively), while the imprisonment term of Vahan Aroyan accused of
illegal possession of arms and ammunition was extended by 6 months to
2 years. The lawyers, in particular, are going to present sentences
on similar cases - with lighter punishment.
Author: Mashurian Sona Editor: Khachatrian Haroutiun
Noyan Tapan News Agency
Oct 9 2007
Armenia
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 9, NOYAN TAPAN. The defence lawyers of Zhirayr
Sefilian and Vardan Malkhasian have applied to the Armenian justice
minister with the request to examine the issue of inaction of "Kentron"
penitentiary's administration, NT correspondent was informed by
Mushegh Shushanian, the lawyer of V. Malkhasian.
Earlier Mushegh Shushanian and Ara Zakarian, lawyer of Z. Sefilian,
have stated at a press conference that they applied to "Kentron"
penitentiary's administration with the request to release their clients
ahead of time but the administration did not submit an application
to the independent interdepartmntal commission in order to discuss
this issue.
The coordinator of the civil initiative "Defence of Liberated
Territories" Zhirayr Sefilian (he was found guilty of illegal
possession of arms) has served more than half of his sentence, while
member of the "Homeland and Honor" party's political board Vardan
Malkhasian (found guilty of making public calls for seizure of state
power) has served over 2/3 of his sentence.
The defence lawyers said that the RA Constitutional Court on October
12 will hear lawyer Hayk Alumian's application on recognizing the norms
establishing the order of releasing the defendants conditionally ahead
of time as contradicing the Constitution of the RA. In their words, if
the Constitutional Court recognizes these norms as anticonstitutional,
they will have an opportunity to apply to court with the complaint
about the inaction of the penitentiary.
A. Zakarian and M. Shushanian noted that they intend to dispute the
ruling of the Criminal Appeal Court, which left the punishment imposed
on Z. Sefilian and V. Malkhasian unchanged (18 months and two years
respectively), while the imprisonment term of Vahan Aroyan accused of
illegal possession of arms and ammunition was extended by 6 months to
2 years. The lawyers, in particular, are going to present sentences
on similar cases - with lighter punishment.