Armenian president signs a decree on granting pardon to 16 citizens
privy to March events in Yerevan
2009-01-24 15:48:00
ArmInfo. On Jan 24 Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan signed a decree on
granting pardon to 16 persons sentenced to 2-3 year imprisonment for
complicity in the mass disorders in Yerevan on March 1, illegal
acquisition, sale, transportation, bearing of weapons, ammunition and
explosives, as well as for violence against power representatives.
The Armenian presidential press-service told ArmInfo that the pardoned
persons are Mkrtich Armenakyan, Grigor Barseghyan, Rafayel Galstyan,
Vardan Gasparyan, Ashot Gyurjanyan, Aghvan Grigoryan, Armen Grigoryan,
Edik Grigoryan, Mesrop Zakaryan, Tigran Hakobyan, Vahag Areyan, Yurik
Ghukasyan, Artur Margaryan, Garegin Petrosyan, Mher Sargsyan and
Khachatur Stepanyan. According to the source, the president took the
decision on pardoning taking into account these persons’ petitions for
pardon, the fact that they were not imprisoned earlier, as well as the
details of the criminal case, family circumstances and the state of the
convicts’ health.