Nubarashen jail living conditions normal, Armenian Justice Ministry insists

PanARMENIAN.Net - The living conditions in Nubarashen jail are normal, according to a representative of the Armenian Justice Ministry.

“The demands of the prisoners are always taken into consideration,” spokesman of the criminal executive department at the Justice Ministry, Arsen Babayan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.

However, asked to comment why the prisoners who experience health problems are not provided with dietary food, Babayan said that “conditions are equal for all.”

Asked whether the Ministry is going to take any measures to end the hunger strike, he said: “they started it, so it’s up to them when to finish.”

Reports saying that the prisoners of Nubarashen jail have stopped their hunger strike proved to be not true to fact.

As a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter learned from a reliable source, Sergey Movsisyan, Manuk Semerjyan, Sergey Petrosyan and Arsen Arushanyan are resolved to continue the hunger strike unless relevant institutions or representatives of international organizations come to meet their demands.

As to 66 other prisoners, they ceased the hunger strike yielding to numerous threats.

As it turned out, recently the jail administration welded iron bars inside the cells a meter far from the window, what psychologically suppresses the prisoners, who were deprived of the possibility to approach the window. The reason behind the decision was an escape attempt by one of the prisoners during a walk.

Besides, the prisoners have serious health problems and many of them need dietary food. However, the administration continues to neglect all calls to improve the living conditions.

Relatives have been barred from bringing uncooked vegetables or grains.

15 people died because of inhuman living conditions last year.