by Journalists for Human Rights | Oct 11, 2021 | Closed Institutions
Aram Petrosyan, sentenced to life imprisonment, has been on a hunger strike since September 13. He demands that the management of the institution comply with the requirements of the Penitentiary Code and move him to a semi-open regime. Aram Petrosyan has health...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Oct 11, 2021 | Closed Institutions
Karen Hovhannisyan, a detainee in Nubarashen penitentiary, went on a hunger strike today. He has one demand: to stop the inhuman treatment of him, to punish his executioners, the law enforcement officers who made him disabled by torturing him two years ago, those who...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Aug 16, 2021 | Closed Institutions
Human rights activist Sashik Sultanyan, chairman of the Yezidi Center for Human Rights, denies the accusation. In a conversation with Forrights.am, he described ithe accusationt as groundless, noting that the RA National Security Service carried out a one-sided...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Aug 16, 2021 | Closed Institutions, News
Karen Hovhannisyan, a former employee of the “Panther” security service, who has been accused of killing his ex-girlfriend since 2018 and has been kept in prison, has been constantly fighting against the accusation during these years. He was twice beaten...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Aug 16, 2021 | Closed Institutions
The penitentiaries are overlooked and the torture continues there. Human rights activist Zhanna Aleksanyan, President of the “Journalists for Human Rights” NGO, stated this during today’s press conference in the “Media Center”. The press...
by Journalists for Human Rights | Jun 8, 2021 | Closed Institutions
Gegham Kostanyan, a detainee in the Armavir penitentiary, is awaiting sentencing. He is in poor health and is currently in the Convicts’ Hospital. Kostanyan’s daughter Ani Aramyan informed Forrights.am about this. She said that her father constantly had...
