June, 2015

• 30 June

  

  Armenian Protesters Against Hike in Electricity Rates Go on Hunger Strike

  Deputy Yerevan Police Chief Valery Osipyan approached the demonstrators and asked about the basis for the hunger strike. One of the protesters advised the young men not to waste energy answering Osipyan’s questions...
• 30 June

  

  Victims of Police Brutality During Yerevan Protest Dispersal Appeal to ECtHR

  Urgent appeals are provided for cases where there is a possibility of crime prevention; such applications allow to circumvent domestic courts. The complaint, Ioannisyan said, was lodged two days ago: the plaintiffs...
• 30 June

  

  Mass Mobilization: Armenian Demonstrators Form New Agenda

  On June 29, some of the demonstrators created open working groups: it was decided that there would be round-the-clock watch on Baghramyan Avenue, an information stand would be set up, [the groups] would organize,,,
• 30 June

  

  Armenian Public Has Interests Other Than Protests Against Electricity Rates Hike: State Official

  “Concealing the truth also indicates lack of competence,” the human rights' defender noted, calling for Buniatyan's resignation. “It's shameful; you are a grown man,” Sakunts concluded. ..
• 30 June

  

  Man Shoots Wife Before Turning Gun on Himself in Yerevan Maternity Hospital

  Hayk Vardanyan, 33, shot his wife Milena Asatryan on Tuesday, June 30 and then fatally turned the gun on himself in an individual ward at the Republican Maternity Hospital in Yerevan, Shamshyan.com reports [ARM]. Asatryan, 27, gave birth to their son a few days ago...
• 30 June

  

  Demonstration in Downtown Yerevan Enters Stage of Self-Organization

  Meanwhile, the “No to Robbery” initiative group which had separated from the demonstration on Baghramyan Avenue and rallied on Freedom Square in Yerevan on Sunday, announced later in the evening that...