EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF OPPOSITIONIST JAMANAK-YEREVAN SENTENCED TO FOUR YEARS IN JAIL
Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
Sept 9 2006
Aram Babajanyan, editor-in-chief of an opposition newspaper Jamanak
Yerevan, was sentenced to four years in jail on a decision passed by
Yerevan City Court, APA reports.
The court found him guilty in evasion of military service. Public
Prosecutor Janna Kotikyan claimed the editor-in-chief had faked
documents to evade military service. But, the court considered this
charge groundless and found Aram Babajanyan guilty for draft evasion,
but not forgery. His lawyers will soon appeal against the decision.
Armenian media rate the arrest of Aram Babajanyan as persecution of
freedom of expression in the country.
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