Issues in Armenia=?UTF-8?B?4oCZ?=s Prisons ‘Copy-Pasted=?UTF-8?B?4oCZ?= in Every Report Because They Remain Unresolved: Observer

Armenia’s Ministry of Justice refuses to investigate individual cases of offenses discovered by the Public Observers Group, but rather, favors discussing only general mechanisms and reforms, said RA Ministry of Justice adviser Nikolai Arustamyan today at a discussion on pressing reports presented by the group monitoring penal institutions and the state of prisoners in the country.

Arustamyan also criticized the Public Observers Group’s activities, saying that members are raising issues that are not under their jurisdiction.

“The 2009 and 2010 reports were formalities. The formality has reached such a level that many issues are simply copied then pasted in each annual report. It’s not appropriate to assume the role of teaching the ministry,” he noted.  Read more... (266 words)

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