The Office of the Ombudsman of Armenia responded to reports of  violence against arrested members of the group "Sasna Tsrer"

ArmInfo.The Office of the Ombudsman of Armenia responded to reports of torture in respect to arrested members of Sasna Tsrer group, who captured the building of  the regiment of the patrol and guard service of the RA Police in the  Erebuni district of the capital in July 2016. 

"The Office of the Ombudsman reported on the use of violence against  prisoners Araik Khandoyan, Areg Kyureghyan, Mkhitar Avetisyan, Smbat  Barseghyan and Gagik Yeghiazaryan. Public reports about this were  also heard from the lawyers of the accused. The Rapid Response Team  of the Ombudsman's Office has been out of the night and is still  visiting the penitentiary facilities where the above-mentioned  persons are located, "the press service of the Ombudsman's office  said in a statement to ArmInfo.

To recall,  on July 17, 2016 the group "Sasna Tsrer" seized the  building  of the PPS Regiment  of the Police of Armenia in the  capital district of Erebuni. Group demanded the resignation of  Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and the liberation  participant of  the Karabakh war Zhirayr Sefelyan, who was arrested in the spring of  the same year for illegal possession of weapons. The group  surrendered and was arrested on July 31.

In early June this year, the trial of the accused began, which  according to human rights activists, is held with many violations.