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Sentences of 25 prisoners reduced
As of June 7, 419 prisoners have been released under a general amnesty declared by the National Assembly in late May. Sentences of another 25 prisoners have been curtailed.
The release of prisoners continues.
Below is the list of amnestied prisoners according to penitentiary institutions:
Nubarashen - 46
Erebuni - 92
Vardashen - 31
Hospital for Convicts - 26
Artik - 42
Vanadzor - 16
Sevan - 49
Hrazdan - 19
Abovyan - 1
Goris -11
Kosh - 86
With a vote 91 to 0, the National Assembly approved on May 26 President Serzh Sargsyan's proposal to announce an amnesty on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of Armenia's independence.
