ArmInfo. The situation in pretrial detention facilities in Armenia is worse than in Auschwitz. On November 15, a MP from the Tsarukyan bloc Naira Zohrabyan made a statement at the RA National Assembly, speaking about the legislative initiative of the RA NA MP Edmond Marukyan, who introduced the amendments to the Criminal Code of the country.
According to the amendments, it is stipulated that for those held in remand prisons who are awaiting the verdict of the courts, each day of detention is determined to be 1.5 days. Thereby, this term is set off in the term of serving the sentence. Edmond Marukyan recalled that until 2003, this provision was present in the Criminal Code, after which, for unknown reasons, it was seized. It is envisaged that the legislative initiative will be applied retroactively. The deputy stressed that recently a similar provision was enshrined in the legislation of the Russian Federation.As Naira Zohrabyan noted, Auschwitz, in comparison with the remand prison of the "Nubarashen" penal institution, is a resort. In this SIZO, people even sleep in turns. She stressed that
The presented document is also humanistic.
In turn, Deputy President of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia Mikael Melkumyan, , proposed to use Buchenwald as a comparison along with Auschwitz. He recalled that the vote on the bill will take place on November 16.