| Title | Armenia: Further allegations of ill-treatment in detention |
| Publisher | Amnesty International |
| Publication Date | 1 October 1996 |
| Country | Armenia |
| Topics | Death in custody | Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment | Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription | Pre-trial detention |
| Citation / Document Symbol | EUR 54/003/1996 |
| Reference | Amnesty International is a worldwide voluntary movement that works to prevent some of the gravest violations by governments of people's fundamental human rights. The main focus of its campaigning is to: free all prisoners of conscience people detained an |
| Cite as | Amnesty International, Armenia: Further allegations of ill-treatment in detention, 1 October 1996, EUR 54/003/1996, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6a9b1a.html [accessed 7 June 2023] |
| Comments | A year ago Amnesty International issued two documents detailing the organization's concerns about allegations of ill-treatment and beatings in custody in Armenia. The reports also covered claims that several opposition journalists, lawyers and members of religious minorities had been physically assaulted by persons whom they strongly believed had links with official structures, and in incidents which they felt had not been sufficiently rigorously investigated by the police. Since then Amnesty International has received no substantive response to its repeated expressions of concern, and the organization also greatly regrets that further allegations of ill-treatment have come to light. This paper examines developments since the organization's previous two publications. |
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