The Yerevan court of general jurisdiction today postponed examination of the motion for conditional early release of Vardan Sedrakyan, who has been in prison for eight years already under the case of the assassination attempt against leader of the Union for National Self-Determination political party Paruyr Hayrikyan.
The Public Relations Department of the Prosecutor General’s Office reports that the court hearing will be held on May 27.
Head of the Public Relations Department of the Penitentiary Service at the Ministry of Justice Nona Navikyan had told Armenian News-NEWS.am that the regime for Sedrakyan to serve his punishment has been changed to open.
On January 31, 2013 at 11:20 p.m. an assassination attempt was made against former presidential candidate of Armenia Paruyr Hayrikyan near his house in central Yerevan. In September 2013, Vardan Sedrakyan was sentenced to prison for a term of 14 years.
Khachatur Poghosyan and Samvel Harutyunyan were detained on suspicion of committing the assassination attempt, and they had been previously sentenced for illicit circulation of narcotic drugs. Both of them had given confessional testimonies. Poghosyan and Harutyunyan were sentenced to 14 years and 12 years in prison, respectively.
