Vahagn Charchoghlyan’s name not included in amnesty list

“There are political prisoners with Armenian nationality among the arrested and freed by the Georgian Parliament, the name of the famous political activist Vahagn Chakhalyan is not found in the list,” said expert in Georgian studies Alik Eroyants to Aysor.am touching upon the decision of the Georgian Parliament about granting amnesty to 190 political prisoners.

He mentioned that Vahagn Chakhalyan’s crime was considered a serious offense and according to the Georgian side that was why that he was not included in that list.

“Vahagn Chakhalyan’s supporters who struggled for his freedom had done a lot on international level, however Chakhalyan’s PR inside Georgia was weak,” Eroyants noticed.

According to him, active work of Chakhalyan’s proponents in the future may affect positively on his release.

The expert of Georgian studies noticed that amnesty was granted to around 2.000-3.000 people in general, and to many political prisoners in that number.

“During Saakashvili’s reign many prisons have been built, the coming power, however, has decided not to keep so many prisoners. It is included in their new political course, it can also be called a kind of political gesture,” the speaker added.