ArmInfo.The Prosecutor General's Office decided to release from the pre-trial detention center prisoners with chronic diseases at risk. As Advisor to the Prosecutor General of Armenia Gor Abrahamyan said on his Facebook page, in connection with the coronavirus epidemic, the measure of restraint against 20 prisoners will be changed.
According to Abrahamyan, the territorial bodies of the prosecutor's office have identified criminal cases at the preliminary and judicial stages, the persons involved in which are at risk of coronavirus infection. These individuals have chronic diseases. An alternative measure of restraint will be applied to them.
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He also noted that 2 people under pre-trial detention have already been released. , he wrote.
To note, in connection with the spread of coronavirus, 85,000 prisoners were temporarily released from prisons in Iran.