Armenia`s Human Rights Defender  issues an angry tirade over the  situation surrounding schoolboy David Minasyan

ArmInfo. Armenia's Human Rights Defender, Anahit Manasyan, has issued an angry tirade in response to ordinary citizens attempting to draw her attention to the situation surrounding schoolboy David Minasyan. Minasyan was arrested for two months following an incident involving Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan at St. Anna Church.

Manasyan expressed outrage that in recent days, a number of users  have been posting and mentioning the Human Rights Defender's Facebook  page regarding David Minasyan's case. She expressed her belief that  this is being done because these individuals are simply "unaware of  the Human Rights Defender's powers" and that such actions are  allegedly an attempt to spread "slanderous information about her  activities." She then recalled her visit to the schoolboy at the  Armavir penal institution and reiterated the Ombudsman's office's  previously issued statement on the situation, although the wording  was vague.

Manasyan also assured that she could not influence the court's  decision, as it is prohibited by the Constitutional Law "On the Human  Rights Defender."

"However, taking into account the information regarding the  individual's health status, as well as issues related to ensuring the  continuity of his education, additional correspondence was conducted  on the morning of April 3, at the direction of the Human Rights  Defender, to discuss the possibility of applying an alternative  preventive measure to the individual," Manasyan's statement  continued. Furthermore, she stated that, at her direction, a  representative of the Ombudsman's office discussed issues related to  David Minasyan's health daily with authorized representatives of  medical institutions.

"Therefore, we strongly urge you to refrain from disseminating false,  defamatory, and unfounded statements about the institution of the  Human Rights Defender of the Republic of Armenia, as well as from any  attempts to interfere with the institution's activities," Manasyan's  four-page tirade states.