YEREVAN, AUGUST 2, NOYAN TAPAN. An information was got on July 31 at the Ombudsman's Office that at the "Nubarashen" Penitentiary Institution of the Ministry of Justice some of convicts sentenced to life imprisonment have gone on hunger-strike, need medical assistance and are in a very hard state. By Ombudsman Armen Haroutiunian's instruction, a working group has been created which visited the "Nubarashen" Penitentiary Institution on the same day and met with convicts. During the meeting with the working group, convicts expressed their dissatisfaction both with passed sentences and with unproper attitude towards them at the place of imprisonment. Summing up the convicts' complaints, the administration of the "Nubarashen" Penitentiary Institution was clearly proposed to liquidate the present problems connected with the regular medical control and assistance, organization of walks and providing with necessary life accessories. As Noyan Tapan was informed by the RA Ombudsman's Information and Public Relations Department, Aram Sargsian, the Chief of the Penitentiary Institution promised to do everything possible in the direction of overcoming the mentioned problems.

---