Detainee’s Death in Armenia Raises Serious Questions

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Armenian law enforcement officers stand outside a police station Yerevan on March 24, 2024. © 2024 Karen Minasyan/AFP via Getty Images 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, detained Hovhannisyan after he allegedly tore down an election campaign poster. Authorities opened criminal proceedings for “obstructing or coercing…

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