APPLICATION CONCERNING ARMAN BABAJANIAN'S CASE SENT TO
EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS
27-06-2007 15:15:00 | Armenia | Social
YEREVAN, JUNE 27, NOYAN TAPAN. The new lawyer of Arman
Babajanian, the editor-in-chief of the "Zhamanak Yerevan"
newspaper, who has been detained, applied to the European Court
of Human Rights with the fact of a free speech violation.
Nikolay Baghdasarian, the lawyer of Arman Babajanian, informed
journalists on June 26 that they are implementing discrimination
towards his defendant, as the law on alternative service adopted
since 2003 by the resolution of the RA Government has not been
enforced in his case, "whereas, law is equal for everybody and
the above mentioned law has already been enforced for 2067
citizens avoiding military service."
It should also be reminded that Arman Babajanian was
detained on June 26, 2006. A criminal case was filed against him
for simulating documents and avoiding the levy of military
service term through fraud. Later the court condemned Arman
Babajanian to a 3 and a half year imprisonment. N. Baghdasarian
also mentioned that the defensive side has applied to the Court
of Appeal and been refused without any grounds