Thursday, November 16 2017 14:47

ArmInfo."In the evening of November 15, a member of the political association" New Armenia "Gevorg Safaryan was beaten in his cell at the" Nubarashen  "penitentiary," Safaryan's lawyer Tigran Hayrapetyan said in a conversation with ArmInfo correspondent.

Hayrapetyan also said that there are suspicions that the cellmates  who beat Safaryan acted on the orders of the heads of the  penitentiary institution, and this is not the first time when  convicted persons carry out similar orders. Hayrapetyan also noted  that he received this information from the prison, where his client  is now. "At the moment my colleague Tigran Egorian is going to visit  Gevorg and then he will certainly inform about his health,"  Hayrapetyan concluded.

It was not possible to get a comment from the head of the press  service of the Criminal Superiors Department of the Ministry of  Justice. A spokesman for the Gore Glechyan Administration said that a  statement would be circulated in this regard.  It should be noted  that Gevorg Safaryan was arrested on January 1, 2016, on charges of  using violence against a policeman. Safaryan, tried to put a  Christmas tree on Freedom Square in Yerevan, which prevented the  police of Armenia. Four people were detained, and Safaryan was  arrested and sentenced to 2 years in prison in 2017.

Earlier, there were also recorded cases of violence against him, both  in the penitentiary institution and in the courthouse.