According to the lawyer of Pavlik Manukyan, a member of the armed Sasna Dzrer group now awaiting surgery at the convicts’ hospital, his client is in high spirits and wants to tell the people of Armenia that they shouldn’t be so concerned about his health.

“Pavlik says that his health is relative to the state of the country. If Armenia gets better, then consider that I am good as well,” said lawyer Harutyun Baghdasaryan, who just visited Manukyan in hospital.

Manukyan, and his son Aram, were wounded by police on July 27 and arrested after seeking medical treatment.