Tweet
Activists hold a procession in Yerevan to support Shant Harutyunyan
by Ashot Safaryan
Saturday, November 9, 13:41
Activists have started a procession from Liberty Square in Yerevan to
support Leader of Tseghakron Party Shat Harutyunyan and other citizens
detained during the Nov 5 demonstration.
The protesters demand releasing Harutyunyan and his supporters and
initiating criminal prosecution against Chief of Armenian Police
Vladimir Gasparyan, Deputy Chief Hunan Poghosyan and other policemen
for using violence against Shant Harutyunyan and the other detainees.
The procession has been organized by the Facebook initiative group
"Freedom to Shant Harutyunyan and other detainees!" The protesters
will make their way from Liberty Square to Moskovyan Street - Mashtots
Avenue - Sayat Nova Avenue - Nalbandyan Street (Police building) -
Prosecutor General's Office.
To recall, dozens of policemen and activists were injured as a result
of the clashes that followed a demonstration organized in the center
of Yerevan in support of activist Shant Harutyunyan, on 5 November.
Over 20 activists have been detained. The clashes started at 05:30 PM
when the demonstrators came across a police cordon. The police say
that the demonstration was not sanctioned. As was reported earlier,
the demonstrators were moving to Mashtots Park, when Shant Harutyunyan
tried to cross the street against the traffic lights. The police's
attempt to stop him ended in a skirmish. Harutyunyan and his son were
detained. Some demonstrators began blowing up bottles with gasoline.
The police cordoned the road leading to the presidential palace.
Earlier Shant Harutyunyan organized a picket in Liberty Square. He
stood there with a poster saying "I am Declaring a Revolution!" A
criminal case has been instituted against 14 activists and 6 have been
released. MP Nikol Pashinyan says on his Facebook page that Shant
Harutyunyan has told him that Chief of Armenian Police Vladimir
Gasparyan and Deputy Chief Hunan Poghosyan used violence against him.
However, the police have refuted this information.
http://www.arminfo.am/index.cfm?objectid=82B0C0D0-492B-11E3-911B0EB7C0D21663
by Ashot Safaryan
Saturday, November 9, 13:41
Activists have started a procession from Liberty Square in Yerevan to
support Leader of Tseghakron Party Shat Harutyunyan and other citizens
detained during the Nov 5 demonstration.
The protesters demand releasing Harutyunyan and his supporters and
initiating criminal prosecution against Chief of Armenian Police
Vladimir Gasparyan, Deputy Chief Hunan Poghosyan and other policemen
for using violence against Shant Harutyunyan and the other detainees.
The procession has been organized by the Facebook initiative group
"Freedom to Shant Harutyunyan and other detainees!" The protesters
will make their way from Liberty Square to Moskovyan Street - Mashtots
Avenue - Sayat Nova Avenue - Nalbandyan Street (Police building) -
Prosecutor General's Office.
To recall, dozens of policemen and activists were injured as a result
of the clashes that followed a demonstration organized in the center
of Yerevan in support of activist Shant Harutyunyan, on 5 November.
Over 20 activists have been detained. The clashes started at 05:30 PM
when the demonstrators came across a police cordon. The police say
that the demonstration was not sanctioned. As was reported earlier,
the demonstrators were moving to Mashtots Park, when Shant Harutyunyan
tried to cross the street against the traffic lights. The police's
attempt to stop him ended in a skirmish. Harutyunyan and his son were
detained. Some demonstrators began blowing up bottles with gasoline.
The police cordoned the road leading to the presidential palace.
Earlier Shant Harutyunyan organized a picket in Liberty Square. He
stood there with a poster saying "I am Declaring a Revolution!" A
criminal case has been instituted against 14 activists and 6 have been
released. MP Nikol Pashinyan says on his Facebook page that Shant
Harutyunyan has told him that Chief of Armenian Police Vladimir
Gasparyan and Deputy Chief Hunan Poghosyan used violence against him.
However, the police have refuted this information.
http://www.arminfo.am/index.cfm?objectid=82B0C0D0-492B-11E3-911B0EB7C0D21663