ArmInfo. Ombudsman Arman Tatoyan stated that he has no legal base to give an estimation if there are political prisoners in the Republic or not
"I have no legal base to give such estimations. Anyway, I would like to state that the protection of imprisoned persons is a part of my job. I am sure, that the state should pay special attention to the protection of imprisoned persons' rights. As you know, we have a special team dealing with complaints received from lawyers, as well as with publications in mass media," the Ombudsman mentioned during the press conference in Yerevan held on February 27, while answering the question if there are any political prisoners in Armenia.
At the same time he informed that a special team will be formed comprising the employees of the Ombudsman's office, which will dealt with the monitoring of conditions the persons mentioned are being kept in, and will implement their rights supervision. According to him, there is a need to in clued a psychologist in that team as well