OFFICER OF "NUBARASHEN" PENITENTIARY SEVERELY REPRIMANDED

Noyan Tapan

Jan 26, 2009

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 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.