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Monthly Archives: July 2016
July, 2016
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31 July
Yerevan Gunmen Put Down Their Weapons
Varuzhan Avetisyan, the leader of “Daredevils of Sasun,” announced in a phone conversation with 1in.am that the group would put down their weapons and turn themselves in to law enforcement authorities on Sunday... -
31 July
More ‘Daredevils of Sasun’ Members Captured by Security Forces, One Reportedly Missing
Founding Parliament demands that authorities provide information regarding the exact whereabouts of the gunman and warns that “full responsibility for his disappearance and all possible consequences falls on Serz... -
31 July
Key Member of Yerevan Armed Group Arrested for Two Months
The gunman is accused of illegal acquisition and possession of weapons and of seizing state buildings, vehicles and/or communications facilities. He has denied all the charges brought against him, while his lawyer, Inessa Petrosyan... -
31 July
Another Erebuni Gunman Taken to Hospital with Gunshot Injury
Founding Parliament anti-government movement, with which the gunman occupying the Erebuni police station are affiliated with, also reported on Facebook that Sedrak Nazaryan had been wounded and taken out of the occupied territory in an ambulance... -
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...