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ANNA DAVTYAN: "COPS TOLD ME THE CONSTITUTION DOESN'T INTEREST THEM"
Narek Aleksanyan
http://hetq.am/eng/news/25378/anna-davtyan-cops-told-me-the-constitution-doesnt-interest-them.html
14:28, April 11, 2013
Student activist Anna Davtyan told reporters today how the police
prevented her from walking up Baghramyan Street on April 9 with a
small group of other young people.
"We were walking apart when the police stopped me at the traffic
light. It was green. The cops let the others cross but told me
to stop."
"When I asked them why they had singled me out and how I was different
from other citizens, I took out my copy of the RA Constitution. I said
that according to the Constitution all citizens, regardless of their
political beliefs, are equal before the law. They had nothing to say
in return. We stood there for a while. I kept asking why they were
restricting my freedom of movement. They were pushing me and saying,
'you can't cross the street'. That was all."
When I referred to my rights as enshrined in the Constitution, the
police told me, 'you can keep that constitution. It doesn't interest
us.' That was the extent of their response."
Narek Aleksanyan
http://hetq.am/eng/news/25378/anna-davtyan-cops-told-me-the-constitution-doesnt-interest-them.html
14:28, April 11, 2013
Student activist Anna Davtyan told reporters today how the police
prevented her from walking up Baghramyan Street on April 9 with a
small group of other young people.
"We were walking apart when the police stopped me at the traffic
light. It was green. The cops let the others cross but told me
to stop."
"When I asked them why they had singled me out and how I was different
from other citizens, I took out my copy of the RA Constitution. I said
that according to the Constitution all citizens, regardless of their
political beliefs, are equal before the law. They had nothing to say
in return. We stood there for a while. I kept asking why they were
restricting my freedom of movement. They were pushing me and saying,
'you can't cross the street'. That was all."
When I referred to my rights as enshrined in the Constitution, the
police told me, 'you can keep that constitution. It doesn't interest
us.' That was the extent of their response."