NIKOL PASHINYAN SENTENCED TO SEVEN YEARS OF IMPRISONMENT
Lusine Vasilyan
"Radiolur"
19.01.2010 14:27
The General Court of Kentron and Nork Marash Communities of Yerevan
today returned a verdict against Nikol Pashinyan, editor-in-chief of
"Haykakan Zhamanak" daily.
Pashinyan was sentenced to 7 years of imprisonment. Pashinyan was
acquitted by the court under Article 316 (use of force against
authority) of the Armenian Criminal Code. However he was sentenced
to seven years’ imprisonment under Article 255 (organization of
mass riots).