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ARMENIAN PRISONER REMOVES STITCHES ON MOUTH, ENDS HUNGER STRIKE
http://www.epress.am/en/2014/02/19/armenian-prisoner-removes-stitches-on-mouth-ends-hunger-strike.html
02.19.2014 19:05 epress.am
Artur Papikyan, an inmate at Goris Penitentiary who on Feb. 13 sewed
his mouth shut and declared a hunger strike, has ended his hunger
strike and removed the stitches on his mouth. This news was conveyed
to Epress.am by Papikyan's representative, Helsinki Association for
Human Rights attorney Gayane Khachatryan.
The attorney stressed that after Epress.am published the article
"Prisoner Sews Mouth Because of Extortion" (AM, RU), the Armenian
Ombudsman's office contacted Goris Penitentiary to discuss the matter.
After the call, the chief of Goris Penitentiary, in turn, spoke with
Papikyan, who heeded his call and ended his hunger strike. The prison
chief promised that the complaint against Papikyan won't be considered.
The attorney said that both the Ombudsman's and journalists' as well
as her own calls played a role.
Earlier, Khachatryan had described the reasons for her client's hunger
strike. "Papikyan was enraged over an unjustified complaint by some
woman that allegedly Artur took money from her, after which the deputy
chief of Goris Penitentiary, in order not to consider the complaint,
asked for money from Papikyan. Since he refused to give money, they
began to bother him in various ways, for example, constantly searching
his room. So that they leave him alone, Artur sewed his mouth shut,"
she said.
Papikyan was convicted in 2008 on charges of assault and property
theft through deceit.
http://www.epress.am/en/2014/02/19/armenian-prisoner-removes-stitches-on-mouth-ends-hunger-strike.html
02.19.2014 19:05 epress.am
Artur Papikyan, an inmate at Goris Penitentiary who on Feb. 13 sewed
his mouth shut and declared a hunger strike, has ended his hunger
strike and removed the stitches on his mouth. This news was conveyed
to Epress.am by Papikyan's representative, Helsinki Association for
Human Rights attorney Gayane Khachatryan.
The attorney stressed that after Epress.am published the article
"Prisoner Sews Mouth Because of Extortion" (AM, RU), the Armenian
Ombudsman's office contacted Goris Penitentiary to discuss the matter.
After the call, the chief of Goris Penitentiary, in turn, spoke with
Papikyan, who heeded his call and ended his hunger strike. The prison
chief promised that the complaint against Papikyan won't be considered.
The attorney said that both the Ombudsman's and journalists' as well
as her own calls played a role.
Earlier, Khachatryan had described the reasons for her client's hunger
strike. "Papikyan was enraged over an unjustified complaint by some
woman that allegedly Artur took money from her, after which the deputy
chief of Goris Penitentiary, in order not to consider the complaint,
asked for money from Papikyan. Since he refused to give money, they
began to bother him in various ways, for example, constantly searching
his room. So that they leave him alone, Artur sewed his mouth shut,"
she said.
Papikyan was convicted in 2008 on charges of assault and property
theft through deceit.