Decision to Grant Amnesty to Tigran Postanjyan to be Protested in
Appeals Court: Aravot
06.08.2011 11:10
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Heritage Party MP Zaruhi Postanjyan told local daily Aravot
(`Morning’) that the Jun. 3 decision to grant amnesty to her brother,
Tigran Postanjyan, `will be protested in appeals court.’
To the newspaper’s observation that Tigran Postanjyan did not object
to the decision in court, the MP said:
`This decision was accepted under pressure. And here there is clearly
a violation of the law. Especially if there was an opportunity to
apply the amnesty, then the trial should’ve continued and he should’ve
been immediately released from detention [note, Tigran Postanjyan was
kept in detention while the trial was taking place]. Meanwhile the
court did not sustain the motion [put forth by Postanjyan’s attorney,
to allow his client to continue the trial but not kept in detention],
and decided that it’s better to chose this road,’ reports Aravot.