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HUNGER STRIKE IN NUBARASHEN PENITENTIARY
Lragir.am
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/country22990.html
18/08/2011
Emil Verdyan, life prisoner at Nubarashen penitentiary, went on hunger
strike on August 16, demanding proper review of life sentences.
Upon the May 23, 2011 amendments to the Criminal Code of Armenia, the
ultimate sentence was set 20 years, instead of the previous 15. For
life prisoners, this is commutation and should have retrospective
force, some lawyers claim.
If life prisoners were sentenced now, they could have been sentenced,
for example, in 20 years. In this regard, their cases need to be
reviewed.
Some life prisoners applied to court. The courts formally examined
their cases but they were confined to imitation, and sentences were
not changed. Emil Verdyan has not received a response yet but he
thinks the same will repeat.
Other life prisoners may join Verdyan. Note that Verdyan appealed to
transfer him to a solitary cell, as required by the rules.
Lragir.am
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/country22990.html
18/08/2011
Emil Verdyan, life prisoner at Nubarashen penitentiary, went on hunger
strike on August 16, demanding proper review of life sentences.
Upon the May 23, 2011 amendments to the Criminal Code of Armenia, the
ultimate sentence was set 20 years, instead of the previous 15. For
life prisoners, this is commutation and should have retrospective
force, some lawyers claim.
If life prisoners were sentenced now, they could have been sentenced,
for example, in 20 years. In this regard, their cases need to be
reviewed.
Some life prisoners applied to court. The courts formally examined
their cases but they were confined to imitation, and sentences were
not changed. Emil Verdyan has not received a response yet but he
thinks the same will repeat.
Other life prisoners may join Verdyan. Note that Verdyan appealed to
transfer him to a solitary cell, as required by the rules.