BREAKAWAY KARABAKH PARLIAMENT ANNOUNCES AMNESTY AHEAD OF REFERENDUM

Mediamax News Agency, Armenia
Dec 8 2006

Yerevan, 8 December: The Nagornyy Karabakh republic [NKR] parliament
adopted unanimously a decree on amnesty in the republic at its special
session today.

A proposal on the amnesty, devoted to the 15th anniversary of the
NKR’s independence and the forthcoming constitutional referendum on
10 December, was submitted to the parliament by the NKR president,
Arkadiy Gukasyan.

The amnesty will include persons, who had committed crimes until 1
November of 2006, and will be valid till 1 March 2007.

The amnesty will not cover people who have committed especially grave
crimes as well recidivists after a pardon or an amnesty.