02/08/2013 14:32
Only two prisoners of Vanadzor penal institution go on hunger strike
Only two prisoners in Vanadzor penal institution have gone on hunger strike to protest against their criminal cases, Aysor.am was informed by spokesman for penal institutions Gor Glechian. He refuted the information that over ten other prisoners are going to join the hunger strike.
Let us remind you that according to Shamshyan.com, two prisoners have been on hunger strike for several days in Vanadzor penal institution. One of them, Hovhannes Hovhannisian, 45, was sentenced to 13 years in prison and went on a hunger strike on July 23. The other prisoner, 43-year-old Artak Ginosyan, who was the head of Lori regional branch of Jrmugh (Water Supply) company, is suspected of embezzling 8 million AMD. He went on a hunger strike on July 22.