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    ARMENIAN OMBUDSMAN INSISTS ON AMNESTY

    Interfax
    June 1 2009
    Russia

    Armenian Human Rights Ombudsman Armen Arutyunian has urged President
    Serzh Sargsyan to announce an amnesty.

    I ask the Armenian president to announce an amnesty. Also, I appeal
    to political forces, public figures and the Public Council to use
    this exclusive occasion and ask the president to suggest an amnesty
    to the National Assembly, he said.

    Sargsyan said last week that he was ready to amnesty persons convicted
    for the March 2008 riots.

    The previous amnesty was held in 2006. The idea of a new amnesty has
    matured, and I am ready to use my constitutional right, he said.

    The Armenian opposition led by former president Levon Ter- Petrossian
    refused to recognize results of the presidential elections held on
    February 19, 2008, and organized protests. The protests developed into
    clashes with the opposition on March 1. Ten people died and more than
    250 were injured.

    Former foreign minister Alexander Arzumanian, deputies Myasnik
    Malkhasian, Sasun Mikaelian and Akop Akopian and opposition activists
    Shant Arutyunian and Suren Sirunian were the main defendants.

    They were charged with organizing massive riots in December 2008.

    Arutyunian was set free on May 13 as doctors said he was temporarily
    insane during the riots. His case was suspended.
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