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YEREVAN. – Heritage party condemned the court ruling that was handed down in the case into the events that occurred in capital city Yerevan on November 5, 2013.

Shant Harutyunyan and his friends, as well as Volodya Avetisyan and Vardan Petrosyan are political prisoners, Heritage party said in a statement.

Yerevan’s Kentron and Nork-Marash General Jurisdiction Court on Friday found guilty—and primarily on charges of hooliganism—the thirteen defendants in the case, and handed down prison sentences ranging between one and seven years. Activist Shant Harutyunyan, who had organized the demonstration on November 5, was sentenced to six years in prison. 

“It is a shame for our country and the Armenian nation, Heritage, within its capabilities, will do everything for release of the political prisoners,” the statement reads.

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