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Detainee's Death in Armenia Raises Serious Questions
May 20, 2026
NEW YORK, May 20 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news:

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Detainee's Death in Armenia Raises Serious Questions

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The death of Armen Hovhannisyan by suicide on May 16, hours after Armenian police transferred him to a psychiatric institution, should prompt urgent scrutiny of how authorities respond to people in psychosocial distress.

Police in Artashat, about 30 kilometers from Yerevan, d . . .

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