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22 March 2005

ARMENIA: New wave of sentences against Jehovah's Witnesses

War Resisters' International learned from Forum 18 News Service about a
new wave of sentences against Jehovah's Witnesses refusing military
service in Armenia.
Arman Agazaryan (ARM14713) refused to be drafted into the army on
grounds of religious conscience, and was arrested on 23 December 2004.
He was tried in Yerevan in mid-March, and received a prison sentence of
1 1/2 years in prison. He is now being held in Nubarashen prison.
Sergei Hovhanissyan (ARM14714) was sentenced to 1 1/2 years in early
March and is now being held in Nubarashen prison.
Gevork Manukyan (ARM14715) was sentenced to 2 years imprisonment on 16
March and is also being held in Nubarashen.
Arsen Gasparyan (ARM14716) was sentenced in Vedi in the Ararat region to
1 1/2 years imprisonment on 17 March. He too is imprisoned in Nubarashen.
Ashot Torgomyan (ARM14717) was sentenced to 2 years' imprisonment in March.

War Resisters' International calls for protest letters to the Armenian
authorities, or Armenian embassies abroad. A protest email can be sent
at http://wri-irg.org/co/alerts/20050322a.html.
War Resisters' International calls for the immediate release of Arman
Agazaryan, Sergei Hovhanissyan, Gevork Manukyan, Arsen Gasparyan, Ashot
Torgomyan and all other imprisoned conscientious objectors in Armenia.

Andreas Speck
War Resisters' International


Addresses:
Mr Vartan Oskanian
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Government House #2
Republic Square
Yerevan 375010
Republic of Armenia
tel +374-1-544041
fax +374-1-562543
email info@armeniaforeignministry.com

Robert Kocharian
President of the Republic of Armenia
Baghramyan st. 24
Yerevan 375077
fax +374-1-521581, 521796, 151152
www.president.am

A list of Armenian embassies abroad can be found at
http://www.armeniaforeignministry.com/htms/embassiesList.html
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