Lawyer: David Minasyan being transferred to Abovyan Penitentiary, but  he needs hospital

ArmInfo.  Schoolboy David Minasyan, arrested for his involvement in an incident involving RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's security detail, is being  transferred to the Abovyan Penitentiary. Lawyer Lusine Martirosyan  wrote this on her Facebook page.

"Instead of a hospital, David is being transferred to the Abovyan  Penitentiary. This is merely an illusion of ensuring his rights.  David's life is in danger; the child must be transferred to a  hospital, not another correctional facility," the lawyer emphasized.  As a reminder, on April 1, the court ordered 18-year-old David  Minasyan's pretrial detention for two months. The investigation  accuses him of offenses under Part 1 of Article 297 of the RA  Criminal Code (hooliganism) and Part 3 of Article 452 of the RA  Criminal Code (interference with the lawful official or political  activities of an official), which carries a prison sentence of 2 to 5  years. The defense intends to appeal the court's decision. The  incident occurred on March 29 at St.  Anne's Church on Palm Sunday  during the liturgy, when Pashinyan, accompanied by security guards,  was heading for the exit. At that moment, Minasyan made a sharp  movement with his hand toward the prime minister, but his hand was  pulled back by his bodyguards. Footage circulated online that same  day showed someone from the security service delivering a powerful  blow to David Minasyan's face, causing the young man to fall and,  after rising, struggled for a long time. It is noteworthy that the  Investigative Committee opened a case under the Criminal Code article  "interference in the lawful official or political activity of an  official," despite Prime Minister Pashinyan himself repeatedly  stating that he attends Sunday liturgies solely as an ordinary  parishioner of the Armenian Apostolic Church.