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58 Prisoners Released in the Time of State of Emergency
A similar statement was released by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet.․․Read More »
21-Year-Old Prisoner Found Hanged in the Prison
The Penitentiary Service of the Ministry of Justice has issued a statement that on November 16, 2016 at around 22:50, prisoner Sargis Abelyan was found hanged from the double-deck bed...Read More »
Protesting Yerevan Prisoners Transferred to ‘Cell Resembling Pigpen’
There is no healthy spot left on their bodies, so they thought it pointless to continue to fight for their rights, when the law itself does not protect them. The prisoners are convinced that...Read More »
Masked Raid on Yerevan Prison ‘Aimed at Intimidating’ Protesting Lifers
The penal institution, in turn, has denied any physical violence against prisoners. “Officers of the criminal penitentiary's internal security department raided the cells of 'Nubarashen' prison, discovering and confiscating...Read More »
Armenian Prisoners to Start Joint Hunger Strike: Press
The prisoners, as reported by the paper, got tired of waiting for when authorities will review their applications, and there would be some changes in their condition: “For example, early release for prisoners who have already served more...Read More »
Armenian Prisoner Press Conference Rejected by Prison
“They said, that Artak could not hold a press conference and that the content of his speech should not reach the public because the penitentiary was extremely overloaded,” said Hakobyan..Read More »
Justice Ministry Requests Additional State Funds to Build New Prison: Paper
To be discussed at the Armenian government's upcoming meeting is a proposal by the RA Ministry of Justice, requesting 875 million AMD...Read More »
Letters from Prison: Confessions Obtained by Torture and Other Stories
In 2013, the Yerevan-based Helsinki Association for Human Rights received around three dozen letters from prisoners in Armenian prisons, the majority of which related to parole.Read More »
Dog Food, Beatings, and Erotic Magazines for $12: Findings of a Report on Prisons in Armenia
As a vulnerable group, convicts in Armenia are neglected both by society and the state. After being released from prison, they, as a rule, are...Read More »
‘Why People Die in Prison’: Officials Explain When Prisoners Undergo Surgery
Tavros Voskanyan, currently in Nubarashen penitentiary, wants to be moved to the Hospital for Convicts as he claims he has foreign bodies in...Read More »