Hunger-striker Hrachya Boyajyan taken to medical unit of the penitentiary facilities
20:40, April 14, 2017 | News, Own news | Detention Facilities, Sasna Tsrer
Today, HCA Vanadzor lawyer Arayik Zalyan, defense counsel of Hrachya Boyajyan who took part in Sari Tagh district protest, visited his client detained at ‘Nubarashen’ penitentiary facilities. The latter was on hunger strike for already 10 days and was kept on ground floor of the penitentiary facilities. The Group of Public Observers Monitoring RA MoJ Penitentiary Facilities and Institutions voiced repeatedly the poor conditions of the cells on that floor.
According to the defense counsel, today Hrachya Boyajyan was taken to the military unit of ‘Nubarashen’ penitentiary facilities. He insisted that he was going to continue the hunger strike and demanded meeting representatives of the Prosecutor’s Office.
Note that Hrachya Boyajyan does not admit the charges brought against him under Article 316(2) (using violence against police officer, throwing at them stones and other items) of the RA Criminal Code.