Armenia To Pardon Prison Convicts On The Occasion Of IndependenceAnn

ARMENIA TO PARDON PRISON CONVICTS ON THE OCCASION OF INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY
Armenpress
Jun 12 2006
YEREVAN, JUNE 12, ARMENPRESS: A task force of justice ministry
officials set up at president Kocharian’s order to prepare an amnesty
that will be announced later this year in connection with the 15-th
anniversary of Armenia from the former Soviet Union, had a recurrent
meeting today chaired by minister David Harutunian.
The ministry said the meeting discussed the basic approaches towards
declaring amnesty for some categories of prison population. The task
force agreed to grant amnesty to those only who committed crimes
before June 1, 2006.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

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