Officer of "Nubarashen" penitentiary severely reprimanded
26-01-2009 21:00:00 | Armenia | Politics
YEREVAN, JANUARY 26, NOYAN TAPAN. As a result of the
internal investigation into the incident that happened to
prisoner Grigor Voskerchian in "Nubarashen" prison on December
23, 2008, Captain Arthur Yeghiazarian was severely reprimanded
by the January 9 decree of the RA minister of justice. The
website www.hra.am reported that the Social Monitoring Group has
received an official letter about it from the RA Ministry of
Justice.
To recap, according to the Armenian National Congress, the
prisoners Grigor Voskerchian, Gevorg Manukian, Armen Khurshudian
and Vardges Gaspari were subjected to beating in their cells on
December 23, 2008 - the day when a regular court sitting on "the
case of the seven" was held.