Prisoners on death row at Nubarashen prison, Armenia,...

Prisoners on death row at Nubarashen prison, Armenia, demanded a meeting with the leaders of the Armenian National Assembly. The inmates were displeased with President Kocharyan's pardoning of death row prisoners and the commutation of their penalties to life imprisonment. According to an unofficial report, the prisoners demanded that their life sentences be reduced to 15-20 years or the death penalty be executed.