DEPUTY VOWS TO GO ON HUNGER STRIKE
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Sasun Mikayelyan needs serious medical treatment and expert care, says cardiologist H. Hekimyan, chief specialist of the therapeutics department of the Convicts’ Hospital. On January 26 Hekimyan was sent to the Yerevan-Kentron Penitentiary institution to examine Armenian MP Sasun Mikayelyan sued for the March 1 unrest.
On January 27 Miakyelyan was examined by an emergency doctor and cardiologists of Erebuny medical centre. He was diognised with ischemic disease, postinfarction cardiosclerosis, and arterial hypertension. Anyway, the doctors said Mikayelyan needn’t be hospitalised. Justice Minister Gevorg Danielyan has informed Human Rights Defender Armen Harutyunyan about the doctors’ visit. The Ombudsman’s Office has published the letter today.
We don’t insist on Sasun’s hospitalisation, Advocate Hovik Arsenyan said to A1+. We have filed a motion to the Penitentiary Department of the Ministry of Justice. We claim that Mikayelyan needs rest cure. It is imperative that Mikayelyan be transferred to another penitentiary where doctors can be available after 6 p.m. as his state aggravates in the evenings.
Arsenyan says Sasun Mikayelyan will go on a hunger strike if his demands are not met by February 12.
