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Justice

Human Rights Defender opens inquiry into death of Arsen Gevorgyan

First reported by Armlur / Joghovurd: 11:06, 10 November

Updated Yesterday, 18:10, 37 sources

Justice. Photo: diegoattorney / Pixabay
Photo: diegoattorney / Pixabay

At the initiative of the Human Rights Defender, an inquiry has been launched into the death on November 10 of Arsen Gevorgyan, who was held in detention at the Nubarashen penitentiary. Explanations will be requested from the competent state bodies. The Defender stressed that protecting the life and health of persons deprived of liberty is the state's obligation. Gevorgyan was the Strong Armenia party's candidate for mayor of Stepanavan.

Coverage timeline

First to report: Armlur / Joghovurd11:06Opposition

Pro-government 6 / 6 First: Public TV news (H1 / Lurer), 4 h 25 min later
Balanced 10 / 14 First: 1in.am, 2 h 17 min later
Opposition 13 / 21 First: Armlur / Joghovurd, 11:06

Foreign outlets: 7, first: APA, 11:45

  1. Armlur / Joghovurd (Opposition)
  2. APA (Foreign)
  3. Iravunk (Opposition)
  4. Caliber.az (Foreign)
  5. Golos Armenii (Opposition)
  6. Kommersant (Foreign)
  7. Yerevan.Today (Opposition)
  8. RIA Novosti (Foreign)
  9. The Insider (Foreign)
  10. 1in.am (Balanced)
  11. Shant TV / Shantnews (Balanced)
  12. Public TV news (H1 / Lurer) (Pro-government)
  13. Mamul.am (Balanced)
  14. 168 Zham (Opposition)
  15. News.am (Opposition)
  16. Public Radio of Armenia (Pro-government)
  17. 24news.am (Opposition)
  18. Past / Pastinfo (Opposition)
  19. CivilNet (Balanced)
  20. Aravot (Balanced)
  21. Panorama (Opposition)
  22. Tert.am (Opposition)
  23. Politik.am (Opposition)
  24. Ararat News (Balanced)
  25. Oragir.news (Opposition)
  26. Factor (Balanced)
  27. Sputnik Armenia (Foreign)
  28. Hetq (Balanced)
  29. Infocom (Balanced)
  30. FreeNews (Pro-government)
  31. Haykakan Zhamanak (Armtimes) (Pro-government)
  32. Radar Armenia (Balanced)
  33. Civic.am (Pro-government)
  34. Armenpress (Pro-government)
  35. OC Media (Foreign)
  36. Livenews.am (Opposition)

All sources

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