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OMBUDSMAN: TRAGIC INCIDENTS IN ARMENIAN JAILS MUST BE BANISHED
ARMINFO
Monday, November 5, 15:26
Tragic incidents at Armenian penitentiaries are not a usual state
of affairs like the justice minister says, Human Right Defender of
Armenia Karen Andreasyan told ArmInfo.
"We have repeatedly declared that such incidents are dangerous for the
human, legal and especially state points of view. All the competent
structures, and the Justice Ministry first of all, must work to banish
such phenomena," he said.
The ombudsman said he has not discussed the issue with the minister,
because the Human Rights Defender deals with the mechanisms
stipulated by the law. "Not personal meetings but a systematic work
is required, I think," Andreasyan said. Last week, Justice Minister
Hrayr Tovmasyan stated in a briefing that for a prisoner sewing his
eyes and mouth is the same as wearing earrings for a girl. Afterwards,
the Armenian activists held a protest action in front of the building
of the Armenian Justice Ministry under the slogan "Sewing courses
for Minister Hrayr Tovmasyan" on Friday.
ARMINFO
Monday, November 5, 15:26
Tragic incidents at Armenian penitentiaries are not a usual state
of affairs like the justice minister says, Human Right Defender of
Armenia Karen Andreasyan told ArmInfo.
"We have repeatedly declared that such incidents are dangerous for the
human, legal and especially state points of view. All the competent
structures, and the Justice Ministry first of all, must work to banish
such phenomena," he said.
The ombudsman said he has not discussed the issue with the minister,
because the Human Rights Defender deals with the mechanisms
stipulated by the law. "Not personal meetings but a systematic work
is required, I think," Andreasyan said. Last week, Justice Minister
Hrayr Tovmasyan stated in a briefing that for a prisoner sewing his
eyes and mouth is the same as wearing earrings for a girl. Afterwards,
the Armenian activists held a protest action in front of the building
of the Armenian Justice Ministry under the slogan "Sewing courses
for Minister Hrayr Tovmasyan" on Friday.