Gaspari Holds Lie-In to Support Hunger-Striking Oppositionist
Speaking to reporters, Ombudsman staffer Hrachya Palyan announced that the staff are aware of the issues raised by Gaspari and are trying to...
Armenian Prisoner Reports Being Threatened by Prison Officers
HCAV reported the incident to the Penitentiary Department of the Justice Ministry immediately after the phonecall; the department, however, replied to the report a month later...
Sasna Tsrer Member Goes on Hunger Strike, Demands Protection from Hate Propaganda
From the very first days of our arrest, the idea began to spread that the authorities wanted to announce grants of clemency but did not do so...
Drastic Changes in Convicts' Hospital Connected to Appointment of New Chief, Lawyer Says
- Officers have been locking the doors of the inmates’ rooms, depriving them of the opportunity to ventilate the area; the inmates are nearly suffocating in...
Sasna Tsrer Members Deprived of Free Movement, Lawyers Claim
Penitentiary officials have installed locks on the prisoners’ cell doors, depriving them of the opportunity to use the washbasin and the toilet ...
Sasna Tsrer Armed Group Member Suffering Deterioration, Lawyer Says
Hakobyan has burning pains in his right arm and leg, the cause of which, however, is unknown since he has yet to undergo a medical examination...
President's Office Refuses to Release Names of People Granted Clemency in 2016
The 30 prisoners pardoned in 2106, according to the department spokesperson, were mainly people who had been imprisoned for committing a crime of minor or medium gravity. ..
Yerevan Prisoner Ends Hunger Strike Due to Health Issues
In an earlier conversation with Epress.am, Boyajyan’s wife had said her husband was suffering from serious health problems, including type 2 diabetes, and expressed her concern that the hunger ...
Armenian Prisoner Dies in Unknown Circumstances
Four days ago we took him to a hospital in Gyumri; his parents paid 40 thousand drams to have his stomach checked. He was diagnosed with some form of erosive gastritis, but overall he was fine...
European Court Demands Opposition Gunman Receive Proper Medical Treatment
He has also begun complaining of liver and kidney pain, and has even experienced rectal bleedings, which, of course, is also being overlooked...
Lawyer Says Yerevan Gunmen Supporter's Life in Danger
"It's no longer just a serious health threat; his life is in danger,” Gyurjyan said. He also informed Epress.am that the Appeal Court has yet again denied their motion to release Sargsyan...
Two Sasna Tsrer Gunmen Go on Hunger Strike in Solidarity with Jailed Supporter
Petrosyan and Khandoyan are thus expressing their support to Sargsyan and demanding that he be released from detention,” their lawyer, Arayik Papikyan...