YEREVAN. – Former European Boxing Champion and opposition activist Samson Khachatryan was sentenced to a year conditional sentence of imprisonment.

After Tuesday trial activist of the oppositional Armenian National Congress (ANC) was released.

As Armenian News-NEWS.am reported earlier, activist of the ANC Samson Khachatryan was arrested on March 13. He was charged with using force against policeman. The ANC and Samson Khachatryan himself consider persecution is politically motivated.

 

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