YEREVAN. – European Court of Human Rights cast a verdict against Armenia and for benefit of former Armenia’s political prisoner and Arstakh [Nagorno-Karabakh] liberating war participant and Commander Zhirayr Sefilyan. Sefilyan was arrested in December 2006 and accused for making public appeals on changing the constitutional order through violence. He was imprisoned till June 2008.

The European Court stated that decoding the phone calls of the Artsakh war participant and former commander Sefilyan for months since 2006 summer and keeping him in jail for about 8 months were realized with violation of the European Convention of Human Rights. According to the article 5, the right to liberty and security is secured, while Article 8 secures the right of private and family life, Radio Liberty reports.

Hence, the Republic of Armenia is to compensate Sefilyan with 6,000 euro for the violations.