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POLICE BLOCK ARMY DAY DEMONSTRATORS, USE FORCE ON MOTHERS OF SLAIN SOLDIERS (VIDEO)
01.28.2014 19:23 epress.am
Police officers prohibited members of the initiative Army in Reality
and four mothers of slain soldiers to approach the National Academic
Opera and Ballet Theatre named after Alexander Spendiaryan, where
there was a gala concert to celebrate the 22nd anniversary of Armenia's
Armed Forces.
Rally participants demonstrating under the slogan "No to violence
and killings in the army" today at 4:45 pm gathered near Aram
Khachaturian's statue, where about a dozen police officers awaited
them, forming a human chain and preventing demonstrators from
approaching the opera building.
Later, when demonstrators attempted to approach the building from
Mashtots Blvd., police used force, pushing and shoving the peaceful
demonstrators.
At 5:15 pm, demonstrators gathered near the back entrance of the
building, but again a dozen police officers blocked their way.
Later, demonstrators were allowed to enter Liberty Square (adjacent
to the opera building) to rally. At this time, well-known activist
Vardges Gaspari lay down on the red carpet outside the opera entrance
and was promptly detained by police.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-z9q7MTX1g
http://www.epress.am/en/2014/01/28/police-block-army-day-demonstrators-use-force-on-mothers-of-slain-soldiers-video.html
01.28.2014 19:23 epress.am
Police officers prohibited members of the initiative Army in Reality
and four mothers of slain soldiers to approach the National Academic
Opera and Ballet Theatre named after Alexander Spendiaryan, where
there was a gala concert to celebrate the 22nd anniversary of Armenia's
Armed Forces.
Rally participants demonstrating under the slogan "No to violence
and killings in the army" today at 4:45 pm gathered near Aram
Khachaturian's statue, where about a dozen police officers awaited
them, forming a human chain and preventing demonstrators from
approaching the opera building.
Later, when demonstrators attempted to approach the building from
Mashtots Blvd., police used force, pushing and shoving the peaceful
demonstrators.
At 5:15 pm, demonstrators gathered near the back entrance of the
building, but again a dozen police officers blocked their way.
Later, demonstrators were allowed to enter Liberty Square (adjacent
to the opera building) to rally. At this time, well-known activist
Vardges Gaspari lay down on the red carpet outside the opera entrance
and was promptly detained by police.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-z9q7MTX1g
http://www.epress.am/en/2014/01/28/police-block-army-day-demonstrators-use-force-on-mothers-of-slain-soldiers-video.html