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INAUGURATION DAY FALLOUT: OPPOSITION MEMBERS DETAINED, LEADING MUNICIPAL CANDIDATE BLOODIED AND BRUISED
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VOTE 2013 | 10.04.13 | 15:36
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By GOHAR ABRAHAMYAN
ArmeniaNow reporter
Charges have been filed against opposition activists who were detained
during the clash between police and the opposition Tuesday.
Heritage party spokesman Hovsep Khurshudyan told ArmeniaNow that
together with their lawyers they are going to follow through all
the cases.
"By various data some 10-30 people were detained, but there is
no definite information on the number of citizens against whom
administrative proceedings have been applied," says Khurshudyan,
adding that there are illegal litigations, because they have been
initiated against people who committed no violations.
Khurshudyan says that Raffi Hovannisian's wife Armine Hovannisian
fell and hurt her leg during the Tuesday clash with the police on
Baghramyan avenue. One of the video recordings shows that another
citizen received a nose injury.
Heritage party vice-chairman Armen Martirosyan, the top Barev Yerevan
alliance candidate in the forthcoming municipal elections, appeared
to have the worst injury.
Video materials posted on the internet show a member of the "red
berets" (special taskforce officer) hitting Martirosyan on his nose and
mouth, then a police officer takes him to a police car and transfers
to the police station.
The police statement claims that Martirosyan was taken to Arabkir
district police station "with a purpose of administrative sanction
for disobeying police officers' legitimate demand, on duty to preserve
public order".
Martirosyan told ArmeniaNow on Wednesday that his attorney submitted
a report to the police with a demand to identify the one responsible
for using violence against Martirosyan and hold him liable.
Martirosyan's suffered a broken nose and bruises.
"Physical abuse was applied both against my mother and me, in front
of my little girl, who got really scared from what she witnessed,"
Says Martirosyan.
http://www.armenianow.com/vote_2013/45214/armenia_presidential_inauguration_armen_martirosya n_heritage_party
VOTE 2013 | 10.04.13 | 15:36
Photolure
By GOHAR ABRAHAMYAN
ArmeniaNow reporter
Charges have been filed against opposition activists who were detained
during the clash between police and the opposition Tuesday.
Heritage party spokesman Hovsep Khurshudyan told ArmeniaNow that
together with their lawyers they are going to follow through all
the cases.
"By various data some 10-30 people were detained, but there is
no definite information on the number of citizens against whom
administrative proceedings have been applied," says Khurshudyan,
adding that there are illegal litigations, because they have been
initiated against people who committed no violations.
Khurshudyan says that Raffi Hovannisian's wife Armine Hovannisian
fell and hurt her leg during the Tuesday clash with the police on
Baghramyan avenue. One of the video recordings shows that another
citizen received a nose injury.
Heritage party vice-chairman Armen Martirosyan, the top Barev Yerevan
alliance candidate in the forthcoming municipal elections, appeared
to have the worst injury.
Video materials posted on the internet show a member of the "red
berets" (special taskforce officer) hitting Martirosyan on his nose and
mouth, then a police officer takes him to a police car and transfers
to the police station.
The police statement claims that Martirosyan was taken to Arabkir
district police station "with a purpose of administrative sanction
for disobeying police officers' legitimate demand, on duty to preserve
public order".
Martirosyan told ArmeniaNow on Wednesday that his attorney submitted
a report to the police with a demand to identify the one responsible
for using violence against Martirosyan and hold him liable.
Martirosyan's suffered a broken nose and bruises.
"Physical abuse was applied both against my mother and me, in front
of my little girl, who got really scared from what she witnessed,"
Says Martirosyan.