by Journalists for Human Rights | Jun 16, 2022 | Closed Institutions, Editor's Choice
Mikael Martirosyan is one of the exemplary convicts who does not waste a single minute in vain in prison. He is a convict of a semi-open regime. He studies at the Faculty of Psychology, works, and pays the tuition fee with the salary he received. He says he needs...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Jun 16, 2022 | Closed Institutions, Editor's Choice
The health condition of Armen Ter-Sahakyan, who was sentenced to life imprisonment in the case of former Interior Minister Vano Siradeghyan, has sharply deteriorated these days. He lost his hearing in the left ear, his left side of the body became immobile....
by Journalists for Human Rights | May 24, 2022 | Closed Institutions, Editor's Choice, News
Life-sentenced Aram Arakelyan has been in correctional facilities since he was 20 years old, since 1993. He will turn 50 in December. He was held in Nubarashen, Goris, Kosh, penitentiaries and now is in Armavir. Aram Arakelyan lost his health in prisons. He is so ill...
by Journalists for Human Rights | May 20, 2022 | Closed Institutions
On April 13, the Administrative Court, chaired by Karen Zarikyan, issued a precedent that could change the fate of lifers: the decisions of the Prosecutor’s Office to suspend the life sentence twice were considered illegal. When the verdict enters into force,...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Mar 24, 2022 | Closed Institutions, Editor's Choice
On March 8, 1995, a convict of Nubarashen penitentiary Samvel Shahgeldyan, born in 1959, had his veins cut, and, on March 7, he swallowed a few needles. Today, he contacted us from the prison and told that he had swallowed a razor blade. The demand is one: to force...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Dec 6, 2021 | Closed Institutions, Editor's Choice, News
Prosecutors of the Department for the Supervision of the Lawfulness of Punishment and Enforcement behave harshly towards the convicts who have spent more than 20 years in detention. One after the other, the decisions of the Ministry of Justice’s placement...