Hatspanyan Continues Hunger Strike

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HATSPANYAN CONTINUES HUNGER-STRIKE

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[07:40 pm] 22 December, 2008

French citizen and Karabakh war veteran Sargis Hatspanian has been on
a hunger strike for 22 days, Spokesman of the Penitentiary Department
of the RA Ministry of Justice Arsen Babayan informed A1+.

Remind that Hatspanian chose a termless hunger-strike as an extreme
and desperate form of protest. He demands an immediate release of
Armenia’s political prisoners.

Hatspanian is charged with perjury /Article 333 of the RA Criminal
Code/. He is indicted for announcing an alleged attempt upon Serzh
Sargsyan.

Sargis Hatspanyan was taken into custody on November 10

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