ArmInfo.The representatives of the Armenian Human Rights Defender's Office visited the Founding Parliament movement coordinator Zhirayr Sefilyan, as well as Varuzhan Avetisyan and Martiros Hakobyan at Vardashen and Armavir penitentiaries.
The press service of the Ombudsman's Office has told ArmInfo that they held private conversations with all the three detainees and discussed the detention conditions. Martiros Hakobyan spoke about the welfare services, which were discussed with the penitentiary administration.
Sefilyan, in turn, said that he is denied a meeting with his lawyer. He noted that his lawyer has already launched the relevant procedure to remove this problem.
The Office reports that the visits to the penitentiaries will be paid on a regular basis.
Earlier Mushegh Shushanyan, the lawyer of Sefilyan and Avetisyan accused the management of the Armavir penitentiary for illegal actions. On Feb 14 he visited the penitentiary to meet with the defendants. The deputy head of the penitentiary said that he would allow Shushanyan to meet with the detainees only after he made sure that the lawyer had no documents of political content or political calls.