ARMENIAN PRESIDENT ORDERS INVESTIGATION INTO VIOLENCE IN DETENTION CENTRES

Mediamax
Dec 24 2008
Armenia

Yerevan, 24 December: Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan held a working
meeting with Ombudsman Armen Harutyunyan today.

The Armenian president tasked the minister of justice and the
presidential aide on legal issues with carrying out a line-of-duty
investigation in connection with the increased number of complaints
of violence on the part of law-enforcers in detention facilities,
the presidential press service told Mediamax news agency.

Harutyunyan agreed to take part in the line-of-duty investigation.