by Journalists for Human Rights | Apr 18, 2023 | Closed Institutions, Editor's Choice
Aram Arakelyan, sentenced to life, spent 30 of his 50 years in prisons: in Nubarashen, Goris, Kosh, Armavir, Sevan Aram Arakelyan became half a man in the prisons. He lost his health. A year ago, he had an acute ischemic stroke of brain, underwent brain surgeries....
by Journalists for Human Rights | Mar 21, 2023 | Closed Institutions, Editor's Choice
Yesterday, on March 20, the convicts of the Armavir penitentiary started a hunger strike for indefinite period. Sources close to the detention center inform Forrights.am about it. The hunger strikers demand the management of the penitentiary institution to improve the...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Jan 16, 2023 | Closed Institutions, Editor's Choice
According to the data of the Ministry of Justice, in the years 2019-2021, the death rate in the penitentiary institutions of Armenia has decreased. However, last year, an increase in the number of deaths in the correctional facilities was recorded. The NGO Journalists...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Jan 16, 2023 | Closed Institutions, Editor's Choice
Under a law passed in 2019, lifers who have served 15 years in prison can be moved to a semi-closed correctional facility if they show positive behavior, and after 18 years in prison they can be moved to the most lenient, semi-open regime, which means they stay in...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Dec 26, 2022 | Closed Institutions, Editor's Choice
One of the patients receiving inpatient treatment at the Nubarashen Mental Health Center was abused by the nurse, kicking and hitting different parts of his body. Lawyer Armine Davtyan alerted the Journalists for Human Rights NGO about the incident. “The nurse,...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Oct 31, 2022 | Closed Institutions, Editor's Choice
On October 23, there was a fight and a stabbing in the Armavir penitentiary. Several convicts beat and stabbed Arman B., the “zone watcher” of the detention center, after which he was taken to the hospital. According to our information, shortly he was...
