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ARMENIAN PRISONER APPLIES TO OMBUDSMAN, FEARS FOR HIS LIFE
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2013/01/18/convict-ombudsman/
18:32 ~U 18.01.13
The rapid response group of the Armenian Ombudsman~Rs office responded
to a letter Artak Hakobyan, an inmate of the Hrazdan penitentiary,
addressed to Tert.am.
The group members Habet Martirosyan and Azat Galstyan confirmed the
prisoner~Rs complaint and asked the Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman)
for assisting Artak Hakobyan~Rs transfer to another penitentiary. The
prisoner fears for his life.
In his complaint to the Ombudsman, the prisoner informed that on
December 28, 2012, he demanded that the Nubarashen penitentiary
administration organize a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) examination
for him. However, he was beaten and struck his head against the
window.
The following day Artak Hakobyan was transferred to the Hrazdan
penitentiary, where he was kept in a lock-up for 15 days for wearing
gold items.
Artak Hakobyan told the Ombudsman~Rs representatives that he has until
now been staying in the lock-up though the 15-day period passed long
ago.
The prisoner also told that V. Matevosyan, Head of the Operations
Department, is his personal enemy. V. Matevosyan is a relative of the
vice-chief of the Goris penitentiary. Artak Hakobyan had bribe-related
problems with him and fears for his life.
On Thursday, Tert.am also got in touch with Mr Gor Ghlechyan,
Spokesman for the Department of Execution of Punishments. He said that
the prisoner~Rs complaint contains inaccurate information.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2013/01/18/convict-ombudsman/
18:32 ~U 18.01.13
The rapid response group of the Armenian Ombudsman~Rs office responded
to a letter Artak Hakobyan, an inmate of the Hrazdan penitentiary,
addressed to Tert.am.
The group members Habet Martirosyan and Azat Galstyan confirmed the
prisoner~Rs complaint and asked the Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman)
for assisting Artak Hakobyan~Rs transfer to another penitentiary. The
prisoner fears for his life.
In his complaint to the Ombudsman, the prisoner informed that on
December 28, 2012, he demanded that the Nubarashen penitentiary
administration organize a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) examination
for him. However, he was beaten and struck his head against the
window.
The following day Artak Hakobyan was transferred to the Hrazdan
penitentiary, where he was kept in a lock-up for 15 days for wearing
gold items.
Artak Hakobyan told the Ombudsman~Rs representatives that he has until
now been staying in the lock-up though the 15-day period passed long
ago.
The prisoner also told that V. Matevosyan, Head of the Operations
Department, is his personal enemy. V. Matevosyan is a relative of the
vice-chief of the Goris penitentiary. Artak Hakobyan had bribe-related
problems with him and fears for his life.
On Thursday, Tert.am also got in touch with Mr Gor Ghlechyan,
Spokesman for the Department of Execution of Punishments. He said that
the prisoner~Rs complaint contains inaccurate information.