ArmInfo. Public organizations of Armenia appealed to the RA authorities with a demand to release political prisoners.
The statement of the public organizations reads, in particular, that there were no grounds for arresting the opposition figure, the hero of the Karabakh war Jirayr Sefilyan, nevertheless, the prosecutor demanded for him 11 years of imprisonment, and for his comrades-in-arms from 2 to 4 years.
"This attitude towards the principles of human rights and fundamental freedoms is a violation of articlesfull 10 and 11 of the European Convention, thus we demand the release of political prisoners for the sake of Armenia's further democratic development," the statement said.
The International Center for Combating Corruption Transparency Intrernational, the Vanadzor office of the Helsinki Civil Assembly, the Asparez Journalists' Club, the Association of Informed Citizens, the Helsinki Committee of Armenia, the Women's Resource Center, the Information Society, the Protection of Rights without Borders, the Public Journalism Club, the Research Center for Globalization and Regional Cooperation, the Committee for the Protection of the Word, "In the name of equal rights." A similar statement was made recently by the brother of Jirayr Sefilyan, Toros Sefilyan, who called on honest Armenian citizens to stand up for the national hero and not to allow lawlessness in his respect.