YEREVAN, DECEMBER 14, NOYAN TAPAN. The Independent Interdepartmental Commission of issues on conditional preterm release when serving the sentence and substituting the non-served part of the sentence by a milder measure of punishment examined and dismissed the application on conditional preterm release of Arman Babajanian, the editor-in-chief of the Zhamanak Yerevan newpaper, on December 14. It should be mentioned that this is the second application concerning Arman Babajanian, which has been dismissed by the Commission. It should also be mentioned that by the verdict of the Court of First Instance and the Court of Appeal Arman Babajanian was found guilty of having avoided military service and was sentenced to a 3.5-year imprisonment. He has already served half of the determined punishment.

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