July, 2016

• 31 July

  

  Erebuni Gunman’s Mother Deprived of Disability Benefits

  The gunman’s mother has been deprived of her disability benefit following the July 17 armed siege of the Erebuni police station by the “Daredevils of Sasun.” Rima Khandoyan has been told that, as per the...
• 31 July

  

  Armenian Armed Group Insist They Had Nothing to Do with Killing of Policeman

  Police spokesperson Ashot Aharonyan wrote on Facebook Saturday evening that 30-year-old officer of police forces Yuri Tepanosyan was shot by a sniper while sitting in a car parked some 400 meters from...
• 31 July

  

  Man Attempts Self-Immolation During Yerevan Protest (Updated)

  Unable to move forward, the protesters sat on the ground in front of the barbed wire. Meanwhile, buses are transferring police officers from the cordoned off street leading to the seized police station to Baghramyan avenue...
• 31 July

  

  Civil Society Activists Call on Diaspora to Raise Awareness of ‘Regime Violence’ in Armenia

  To adequately address these acts of police brutality and mass violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms, we, civil society members in Armenia, NEED the following SUPPORT from the ...
• 30 July

  

  Officer Fatally Shot by Sniper Near Seized Station, Police Spokesperson Says

  Yura Tepanosyan, a 30-year-old officer of Armenia’s police forces, was fatally shot Saturday near the seized police station in Yerevan’s Erebuni district, according to a Facebook post from Ashot Aharonya, the head of police’s...
• 30 July

  

  Relatives Not Allowed to Visit Hospitalized Protesters; Law Enforcement Officers Given Free Passage to ICU

  The Committee did subsequently issue a statement to report that 23 people were arrested as part of an investigation under Article 225 of Armenia’s Criminal Code (“organization of mass disorder, accompanied with violence...
• 30 July

  

  Yerevan Woman Severely Burned During Violent Protest Dispersal (Photos)

  Tamara Manukyan has been admitted to the burns unit of the Surb Grigor Lusavorich hospital in the city’s Nor Nork district. The following pictures of Manukyan’s injuries were provided to Epress.am...
• 30 July

  

  Dozens Injured as Armenian Police Use Special Means Against Protesters (Video, Updated)

  The gunmen’s sympathizers initially rallied at Yerevan’s central Freedom Square after news broke out that three members of the armed group had been injured in a shootout with police officers. They soon decided...
• 29 July

  

  More Gunmen Wounded in Yerevan; Gunfire and Explosions on Seized Territory (Updated)

  Arayik Khandoyan, one of the gunmen who’ve been occupying a Yerevan police station since July 17, has been wounded, according to a statement posted on the armed group’s Facebook page...
• 29 July

  

  Arrested Erebuni Gunmen Kept in Intolerable Conditions, Lawyers Say

  Note, Harutyunyan has been charged with “occupation of buildings, facilities, means of transportation or communication” and “illegal procurement, transportation or carrying of weapons, ammunition...