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Daily Archives: June 23, 2015
June, 2015
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23 June
Victims of Police Brutality in Yerevan Visited by Human Rights Activists in Hospital (Video)
17-year-old Mary Hamzyan, who was injured on Tuesday morning during the violent dispersal by Armenian police of the public demonstration outside the RA Presidential Residence on central Baghramyan Avenue... -
23 June
Epress.am Cameraman Hit in the Head After Introducing Himself as a Journalist
After spending three hours in custody, Hakobyan was question as a witness. The investigator asked whether Hakobyan knew who had brought speakers to Baghramyan Avenue, who whistled during the demonstration.... -
23 June
“Safety of Journalists Must Be Ensured at All Times”: OSCE Representative Condemns Attacks on Journalists in Armenia
“I call on the authorities to promptly investigate these incidents and take steps to ensure restraint on the part of law enforcement representatives toward members of the media,” Mijatović said... -
23 June
Armenian Police Fail to Log Bruises on Detainees, Force Them to Undergo Blood Alcohol Test
Opposition MP Nikol Pashinyan, in turn, visited Nor-Nork police department and informed that there was a minor among the detainees in this particular station. The 14-year-old boy had been brought... -
23 June
Armenian Opposition MPs Condemning Police Brutality Against Protesters Silenced by Parliament Speaker
Postanjan then stated that the NA Speaker had not right to turn off her microphone, to which Sahakyan replied: “My rights are enshrined in law, you, on the other hand, have no rights.... -
23 June
Demonstrators Detained in Yerevan Charged with Hooliganism
A criminal case of hooliganism (RA Criminal Code Article 258 Part 1) was launched against Taguhi Torosyan, curator of Armenian Institute of Contemporary Art who was detained on Tuesday morning and taken... -
23 June
Man Injured in Clashes with Armenian Police Unable to Remember His Name
“Our reporter inquired as to why an ambulance had not been called. The man, police claimed, had refused medical care, and was in this state prior to the detention. The man is still in police custody,” Hetq.am reported... -
23 June
Mass Arrests in Armenian Capital Accompanied by Police Profanity and Harassment (Video)
They dragged me, beat unsparingly. I yelled that I was a journalist, I had a microphone in my hand, but they were not interested. In addition to police, plainclothes men took an active part in these activities as well. Me and... -
23 June
Armenian Demonstrators Beaten, Chased, and Detained: Police Clear Protest Site in Yerevan (VIDEO)
A video, uploaded to Facebook by user Syuzan Simonyan, shows Armenian police and men in plainclothes chasing, brutally beating, and detaining on Tuesday participants of the protest-sit in on Baghramyan Avenue against th... -
23 June
Armenian Police Use Excessive Force and Special Means Against Protesters Outside Presidential Residence
Police, as reported by en Epress.am correspondent, pushed the demonstrators back to the area outside the Opera House (Freedom Square), attacking anyone who tried to take pictures or videotape what was happening. Many...