ARMENIAN OMBUDSMAN PASSED ABOUT FREQUENT SUICIDES AT NUBARASHEN PENITENTIARY
ArmInfo
2010-07-20 14:27:00
ArmInfo. Tuesday on July 20 Armenian Ombudsman Armen Haroutiunyan
applied to Armenian Justice Minister Gevorg Danielyan for
explanations concerning frequent suicides and deaths of defendants
from misadventures at the Nubarashen penitentiary.
The application disseminated by the Ombudsman’s Office says that
defendants Suren Avetisyan (on April 30) and Varuzhan Hovhannissyan
(on June 9) hanged themselves. Later on July 16 Aram Hakobyan died from
electric shock. “Governed by Article 12 of the Law On Human Rights
Defender, I ask for explanations concerning the given situation and
demand necessary measures to prevent such cases. Please, inform me
of the results,” the application says.
From: A. Papazian
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