As of 00:30 am today, there were 267 prisoners released under the general amnesty proposed by Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan then approved by parliament this week on occasion of the 20th anniversary of Armenia’s independence, conveyed Arsen Babayan, Head of the Public Relations Unit of Criminal-Executive Department of Ministry of Justice of RA. The number of those released per penitentiary thus far are as follows: Nubarashen: 27 Erebuni: 70 Vardashen: 25 Hospital for Detainees: 14 Erevan Kentron (“Center”): 0 Artik: 33 Vanadzor: 8 Sevan: 21 Hrazdan: 16 Abovyan: 1 Goris: 11 Kosh: 41 The process of releasing other prisoners under the amnesty continues.

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