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JAILED GEORGIAN-ARMENIAN ACTIVIST DECLARES OPEN-END HUNGER STRIKE
Tert.am
06.10.11
Vahagn Chakhalyan, a Javakhk-Armenian public and political figure
sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment by the Georgian authorities,
declared an open-end hunger strike on October 5.
In a phone conversation with Yerkir Union, the activist said he is
protesting against the inhuman and degrading conditions in prison. He
called for ending pressures and enhancing conditions in his prison
cell.
Chakhalyan, who serves his time in Georgia's Roustavi 6 penitentiary,
said the prison authorities refuse to register the fact of his
hunger-strike.
Earlier in September, the activist's lawyer Stepan Safarya had issued
a statement, voicing concern over the Georgian authorities' increased
pressure against the Georgian-Armenian activist.
Tert.am
06.10.11
Vahagn Chakhalyan, a Javakhk-Armenian public and political figure
sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment by the Georgian authorities,
declared an open-end hunger strike on October 5.
In a phone conversation with Yerkir Union, the activist said he is
protesting against the inhuman and degrading conditions in prison. He
called for ending pressures and enhancing conditions in his prison
cell.
Chakhalyan, who serves his time in Georgia's Roustavi 6 penitentiary,
said the prison authorities refuse to register the fact of his
hunger-strike.
Earlier in September, the activist's lawyer Stepan Safarya had issued
a statement, voicing concern over the Georgian authorities' increased
pressure against the Georgian-Armenian activist.