Diana Ghazaryan

Andreas Ghukasyan, a member of the Anti-Crisis Committee set up during the protests surrounding the seizure of a Yerevan police building by the armed Sasna Dzrer group, is still on hunger strike.

Ghukasyan, now being held in the Nubarashen Correctional Facilty, has been on hunger strike for the past four days. Ghukasyan, a member of the “Rise Armenia” civic initiative was attacked by a group of unidentified individuals on July 29 during a clash between protesters and law enforcement in Yerevan’s Sari Tagh neighborhood.

Ghukasyan was then detained on suspicion of organizing public unrest. A court has said that he could be detained for 72 hours. Lusineh Sahakyan, Ghukasyan’s lawyer, says her client’s health condition has worsened and that he needs an in-depth medical evaluation.

According to Sahakyan, Ghukasyan doesn’t plan to end his hunger strike.