Imnemnimi podcaster hospitalized after14-day hunger strike

ArmInfo.  Narek Samsonyan, co-host of the Imnemnimi podcast, has been transferred to a hospital  following a 14-day hunger strike. Lawyer Ruben Melikyan shared this information on his Facebook page.

According to Melikyan, Samsonyan ended his hunger strike upon the  recommendation of doctors. His health had begun to decline  significantly as early as January 18, when he reported shortness of  breath and chest pains. He was examined and returned to a  disciplinary cell (solitary confinement) at the penitentiary.

Recall, Samsonyan launched the indefinite hunger strike after an  Armenian court extended the detention of the Imnemnimi hosts for  another three months on January 9. Opposition figures Narek Samsonyan  and Vazgen Saghatelyan were arrested in Yerevan on November 13, 2025.  Concurrent with their arrests, law enforcement raided the AntiFake.am  editorial office and seized all technical equipment, much of which  has yet to be returned, hampering the outlet's operations.  The  bloggers were detained following a complaint filed by the Speaker of  the Armenian Parliament, Alen Simonyan, regarding alleged "obscene  language" directed at him. The investigation has officially charged  them with hooliganism. It is worth noting that the podcast remarks  were a direct response to an initial social media post by Simonyan.