June, 2015

• 29 June

  

  22-Year-Old Man Arrested for Allegedly Punching Police Officer

  According to the official statement, the arrested refused to testify and asked for a public defender. Forensic examination will be conducted to determine the nature and severity of the injury caused to the police officer...
• 29 June

  

  Armenian Police Trying to Dismantle Barricades on Yerevan Protest Site

  In response, people started chanting “Shame! Shame!” and climbed on the garbage cans, trying to prevent their seizure. Protesters demanded that police present official documents regarding the complaint and the initiated criminal case...
• 29 June

  

  VIDEO From Demonstration Site in Downtown Yerevan

  At the beginning of the rally, “No to Robbery” suggested moving the protest to the Freedom Square in central Yerevan; soon after, the members of the group and about two hundred protesters left Baghramyan Avenue....
• 28 June

  

  Armenian Police Threaten to Forcibly Disperse Protest, People Refuse to Leave (Updated)

  At the beginning of the rally, one of the “No to Robbery” leaders Vaghinak Shushanyan suggested to move the protest to the Freedom Square in central Yerevan. However, demonstrators answered him with shouts of “Shame!” and “On Baghramyan!”
• 27 June

  

  RA Government to Subsidize Cost of Increased Electricity Rates “at the Expense of Taxpayers”

  Sargsyan urged “some of the most active young protesters” to get involved in the audit, calling for them to end the round-the-clock sit-in on central Baghramyan Avenue in Yerevan and “stop paralyzing the city center...
• 27 June

  

  Armenian President Asks Russian Minister to Look Into Activities of National Power Utility; Protesters Dissatisfied

  In response to Sargsyan's proposal, Sokolov said that the intergovernmental commission would organize an audit of the company, with the assistance of experts and representatives of all interested parties. The audit...
• 27 June

  

  “We are with the Armenian people”: Turkish Political Party in Support of Demonstrations in Yerevan

  We know that for those wanting recognition of the Armenian Genocide in Turkey, the best way to show solidarity with Armenia is to fight for the return of Camp Armenia here, facing the reality of 1915, to bring to justice those responsible...
• 26 June

  

  Activists Present Their Demands to Armenian Authorities

  Members of the “No to Robbery!” civic initiative have presented Armenian authorities with a list of demands, urging them to “review and reverse the illegal decision by the RA Public Services Regulatory Commission to...
• 26 June

  

  Systemic Corruption and Lack of Transparency in Armenian Government: US State Department

  - Domestic violence remained a problem but largely went unreported to authorities. A significant imbalance in the ratio of boys to girls at birth pointed to gender-biased sex selection. Human trafficking was a problem...
• 26 June

  

  Armenian PM Should Apply Constitution to Himself Before Trying to Discredit Others: Statement

  On June 22, hundreds of the demonstrators marched toward the RA presidential residence on central Marshal Baghramyan Avenue. However, hundreds of armed police officers, forming a barricade, closed the road...