CLEMENCY MUST BE SHOWN TOWARD EDGAR
A1 Plus | 21:02:15 | 08-06-2004 | Politics |
On Tuesday, MP Grigor Harutyunyan, a member of Artarutyun
opposition bloc, commenting on court decision to extend the term
of General-Lieutenant Vagharshak Harutyunyan’s pretrial detention
for another two months, said, according to information obtained from
reliable sources, the political prisoner had been offered freedom for
dissuading the opposition from holding rallies. He rebuffed the offer,
said Grigor Harutyunyan.
It should be reminded that Vagharshak Harutyunyan is charged
with attempting a coup, making seditious calls and insulting the
authorities.
MP Emma Khudabashyan spoke on another political prisoner Edgar
Arakelyan, 24, who had been convicted of hitting a policeman with
empty plastic bottle and sentenced to one year and six months in
jail. She urged president Kocharyan and the ruling coalition to
display clemency toward Edgar and release him from detention.