PRESS IS NOT HANDED TO NICOL PASHINYAN
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14:28:37 – 20/08/2009
The administration of the Yerevan Center Penitentiary refuses to
hand newspapers to the editor-in-chief of the Haykakan Zhamanak
Newspaper Nicol Pashinyan who is detained at the penitentiary. Nicol
Pashinyan’s advocate Tigran Muradyan told Lragir.am that he visited
the penitentiary every day except Sundays and Saturdays, talked to
him, handed him copies of the Haykakan Zhamanak, the Hraparak and
the Aravot newspapers. There were no obstacles. On the eve, however,
Nicol Pashinyan published an article about the warden of the jail
in his column "Prison Diary" in the Haykakan Zhamanak, after which
the warden banned handing newspapers to Nicol Pashinyan. However,
the advocate says, the warden instructed the administration "not to
accept any letters from the advocate".
Tigran Muradyan says according to the law inmates have free access
to press. The law provides for two ways, the detainee subscribes
to newspapers or the administration of the prison hands him the
press. Advocate Tigran Muradyan says subscription is possible
from September 1. And the administration refuses to hand newspapers
because the warden instructed the staff not to accept letters from the
advocate, including on their refusal to hand press to Pashinyan. Tigran
Muradyan says it is a violation of the law, and he is going to post
the letter to the penitentiary.