HUNGER STRIKE
Support A1+!Twenty eight political prisoners in penitentiaries of Yerevan are on a one-day hunger strike, as press speaker of head of the RA Justice Ministry’s Department of Penitentiary Arsen Babayan told “A1+”.
“Knowing very well the extremity, we declare a one-day hunger strike on November 20 as a sign of protest against the hypocrisy and discrepancy of the Council of Europe,” stated the political prisoners. They also refused to meet with the EU Commissioner for Human Rights Thomas Hammarberg.
The political prisoners on hunger strike are Gagik Jhangiryan, Smbat Ayvazyan, Mushegh Saghatelyan, Tigran Mkrtchyan, Levon Khachatryan, Tigran Melkonyan, Gevorg Ghazaryan, Husik Baghdasaryan, Ashot Zakaryan, Hovhannes Harutyunyan, Kristapor Elazyan, Vardan Ghavalbabunts, Vardan Malkhasyan, Davit Matevosyan, Harutyun Gharibyan, Samvel Karapetyan, Simon Amirkhanyan, Roman Mnatsakanyan, Karen Tarkhanyan, Nver Stepanyan, Arman Babajanyan, Marzpetuni Ayvazyan, Sos Gevorgyan, Mkrtich Abrahamyan, Aram Bareghamyan, Petros Makeyan, Harutyun Urutyan and Ashot Manukyan.
