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OMBUDSMAN AND BRITISH AMBASSADOR VISITED NUBARASHEN PENITENTIARY
Today, Human Rights Defender Karen Andreasyan and Ambassador of Great
Britain to Armenia Katherine Leach visited Nubarashen penitentiary,
after which the Ombudsman and the ambassador had a briefing in
the Human Rights Defender's office. The aim of the meeting was to
once again attach importance to the situation in penitentiaries and
to present the Ombudsman's interim report on violence and inhuman
attitude in penitentiaries as the result of the joint project.
Advisory Council for the Prevention of Torture under the staff of
the Human Rights Defender, with the support of the British embassy,
carried out visits to 133 to closed and half-closed institutions
reporting the results in the interim report.
A number of issues found in prisons, police departments, military
unites, special schools, boarding schools, orphanages as well as
psychiatric hospitals and social care facilities has been raised.
The staff number in penitentiaries is inadequate to the number of
prisoners. Stable and effective communication between prisoners and
the staff lacks. The privileged status of some prisoners considered
authorized criminals in law is worrying. The prisoners' right to walk
is not ensured, they have no occupation which may lead to worsening
of interpersonal relationships. The quality food and medical service
is not sufficient.
Human Right Defender's Staff 13:05 04/07/2013 Story from Lragir.am
News: http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/right/view/30357
From: Baghdasarian
Today, Human Rights Defender Karen Andreasyan and Ambassador of Great
Britain to Armenia Katherine Leach visited Nubarashen penitentiary,
after which the Ombudsman and the ambassador had a briefing in
the Human Rights Defender's office. The aim of the meeting was to
once again attach importance to the situation in penitentiaries and
to present the Ombudsman's interim report on violence and inhuman
attitude in penitentiaries as the result of the joint project.
Advisory Council for the Prevention of Torture under the staff of
the Human Rights Defender, with the support of the British embassy,
carried out visits to 133 to closed and half-closed institutions
reporting the results in the interim report.
A number of issues found in prisons, police departments, military
unites, special schools, boarding schools, orphanages as well as
psychiatric hospitals and social care facilities has been raised.
The staff number in penitentiaries is inadequate to the number of
prisoners. Stable and effective communication between prisoners and
the staff lacks. The privileged status of some prisoners considered
authorized criminals in law is worrying. The prisoners' right to walk
is not ensured, they have no occupation which may lead to worsening
of interpersonal relationships. The quality food and medical service
is not sufficient.
Human Right Defender's Staff 13:05 04/07/2013 Story from Lragir.am
News: http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/right/view/30357
From: Baghdasarian