No one has been criminally prosecuted for political views in Armenia, Serzh Sargsyan says

Armenpress 14:54, 17 April, 2018

YEREVAN, APRIL 17, ARMENPRESS. Candidate for Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan reassures that no one has been criminally prosecuted in Armenia for political views.

“Moreover, I believe that in many cases, perhaps, they have been treated much softer by our courts when they had committed criminal offenses,” Sargsyan said in response to a question from opposition MP Artak Zeynalyan during parliamentary debates on the election of a PM.

Sargsyan asked to accept his response as a statement from a non-official individual.

English –translator/editor: Stepan Kocharyan



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