Armenian political prisoner died on hunger strike

  16 March 2017    Read: 2759
Armenian political prisoner died on hunger strike
Artur Sargsyan, Armenian political prisoner has died at “Armenia” Medical Center in capital city Yerevan, AzVision.az reports citing the Armenian Media.
Artur Sargsyan was charged with aiding the Sasna Tsrer armed group.

Sargsyan went on hunger strike, and demanded that his preventive measure of arrest be commuted.

Several days ago, and with a written guarantee by several dozen MPs, he was released from prison and immediately taken to hospital.

A few days ago, he had left the hospital on his own volition. But had been hospitalized again, on Wednesday evening. He did not regain consciousness after his surgery.

The Sasna Tsrer armed group took over a police patrol regiment building in Yerevan, took hostages, but later surrendered, in July 2016.

On July 26, Artur Sargsyan had broken through a police wall with a vehicle loaded with food, and delivered food to members of this armed group.

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