Sunday, September 23 2018 19:39

ArmInfo. As of 6:00pm  September 23, 39 alarms on violations during the elections to the  Council of Elders have been received through the "hot line" of the  Human Rights Defender Office.  

As ArmInfo was informed by the press-office of the Human Rights  Defender, 12 reports related to impossibility of participation in  elections because of having residence permit of less then 6 months  and 11 alarms related to inaccessibility to elections of physically  disabled people. "The reports also related to the possibility of  voting by ID cards, non -receiving leaflets etc. The Human Rights  Defender Office provided consultation to the citizens on all the  cases," the Office informed, adding that the "hot line" also received  a message from the citizen that he was taken to the Mashtots police  station last night on suspicion of bribing voters, where he was held  until 06:00am in the morning. The office of the human rights defender  is investigating this issue. The Human Rights Defender Office also  informed that the MP of the National Assembly, candidate for mayor of  Yerevan Naira Zohrabyan also addressed them.  To recall, the numbers  of the "Hot Line" of the Human Rights Defender Office are 116 or  (096)116100.