{"id":277748,"date":"2017-01-23T18:04:27","date_gmt":"2017-01-23T14:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/epress.am\/?p=277748"},"modified":"2017-01-23T18:04:27","modified_gmt":"2017-01-23T14:04:27","slug":"protesting-yerevan-prisoners-transferred-to-cell-resembling-pigpen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/2017\/01\/23\/protesting-yerevan-prisoners-transferred-to-cell-resembling-pigpen.html","title":{"rendered":"Protesting Yerevan Prisoners Transferred to &#8216;Cell Resembling Pigpen&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The prisoners of Yerevan\u2019s Nubarashen prison who several days ago <strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><a style=\"color: #003366;\" href=\"http:\/\/epress.am\/en\/2017\/01\/23\/yerevan-prisoners-self-harm-after-being-attacked-by-armed-officers.html\">committed acts of self-harm<\/a><\/span><\/strong> in protest of the prison management&#8217;s decision to move them to another cell were today transferred there after all. Despite the Justice Ministry&#8217;s assertion that the inmates moved to the cell on the fifth floor of their own free will, the prisoners&#8217; relatives insist that the men were left with no other choice, A1+ reports.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the website&#8217;s reporter, one of the prisoners&#8217; relatives said that the inmates were not subjected to violence during today&#8217;s transfer to the cell that \u201clooks more like a pigpen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere 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 they would only further harm their families [if they continued to refuse to move], so they decided to obey the order,\u201d the relative said, adding that the prisoners \u201cfeel neglected\u201d by all the authorities and agencies which are supposedly engaged in the protection of their rights. \u201cInstead of visiting the prisoners and making sure that they are safe, representatives of the Justice Ministry and the office of the Human Rights Ombudsman say that they have &#8216;made inquiries&#8217; and found out that the prisoners are well.\u201d<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&#8230;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tstyn_error":""},"categories":[65966],"tags":[17992,51525,66277],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277748"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277748\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}