ARMENIAN LIFERS GO ON INDEFINITE HUNGER STRIKE

Arminfo
2 May 07

Yerevan, 2 May: "Seventeen people sentenced to life in the Nubarashen
criminal-executive institution announced an indefinite hunger strike
today," a report by the Helsinki Association of Armenia said today.

The report said that those on hunger strike demand meetings with
Armenian Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan, EU and OSCE representatives
and the press. They consider illegal the 1 August 2003 presidential
decree on amnesty.

The report has not been confirmed by the Justice Ministry. The press
secretary of the justice minister, Anahit Voskanyan, said that no
strike has been recorded so far and no announcement of a hunger strike
has been received.

The report was circulated by the Helsinki Association of
Armenia. However, attempts to get in touch with its administration
and receive confirmation from it failed.