Arsen Gevorgyan’s death is the result of the authorities’ repression: Sevak Khachatryan

Sevak Khachatryan, an MP from the Armenia parliamentary faction, spoke to journalists about the death in a penitentiary institution of Arsen Gevorgyan, the Strong Armenia party’s candidate for head of the Stepanavan community, and about the statements by Srbuhi Galyan, minister of justice. Khachatryan said that what happened to Gevorgyan is obvious to everyone, even, in his view, to members of Civil Contract. He stressed that this sad and tragic event was the result of repression by the Armenian authorities.

He added that he had not noticed even a hint of remorse in Galyan’s words over the death of a young man in a penitentiary institution under the state’s authority.

“She says deaths happen both in places of detention and outside them. Everyone understands that perfectly well. Nikol Pashinyan also said that as long as there are cars, there will be road accidents. But the question is under what conditions this death occurred. If Arsen Gevorgyan had not been in custody, would what happened to him have happened at all?” Khachatryan said.