YEREVAN, JULY 15, NOYAN TAPAN. One of these days the independent commission on suspended pre-term release of convicts from serving their punishment or on replacing the non-served part of punishment by a milder one is going to discuss the mediation of the Convicts' Hospital penitentiary institution of the RA Justice Ministry on suspended pre-term release of editor-in-chief of the Haykakan Zhamanak daily Arman Babajanian from serving the punishment. The Information and Public Relations Department of the RA Ombudsman's Administration mentions that the independent commission had turned down the respective mediations of the Nubarashen penitentiary institution in July 2007 and of the Convicts' Hospital penitentiary institution in December 2007. Taking into consideration the fact that A. Babajanian has not been convicted before, as well as in consideration of the issue's public significance and latest statements of authoritative international human rights and journalist organizations, the RA Ombudsman considers expedient his pre-term release.

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