Ombudsman: Sasna Tsrer members torture reports disprovedAugust 5, 2016 - 11:17 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Human Rights Defender’s Office was informed that the Sasna Tsrer armed group gunmen Armen Lambaryan and Sedrak Nazaryan were subjected to torture. The office was also informed that Lambaryan’s lawyer was disallowed from meeting him. The Sasna Tsrer members’ torture reports have also been circulated in the media. As instructed by the Human Rights Defender, the Ombudsman’s staff representatives visited Erebuni medical center on August 4, where they held private meetings with the group members. Detail investigations and well as conversations with the group members proved no instances of ill-treatment against the members of Sasna Tsrer. They also had no complaints about the attitude of the medical staff. “As for obstructing the works of the lawyer, to clarify the issue a written statement will be sent to the preliminary investigation body on August 5,” the Ombudsman’s Office reports. Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |