"Hraparak": 20 Armenian inmates to declare hunger strike.

Around 20 inmates, who are serving life sentences in Armenia’s Nubarashen Prison, are going to declare a hunger strike today, on Jan. 17, "Hraparak" daily writes.

“They have prepared three letters - addressed to Armenia’s President, the Council of Europe, and the Red Cross offices - in which they inform about their intention, and demand that the President’s representative visit them and listen to their demand. They order a review of their cases, pursuant to the law, and to make their sentences correspond with the changes in Armenia’s Criminal Code, that is, they be sentenced to 15-20 years in prison. In recent months they sent letters to corresponding agencies, on numerous occasions, but they were not responded to. And this became the reason for this extreme measure. They note that if their demand is not met this time as well, 20 more will join the first 20 hunger strikers in several days, and this will continue until their voices are heard,” "Hraparak" writes.