July, 2016

• 19 July

  

  Citizens Clash with Police Near Seized Yerevan Police Station (Video, Updated)

  The people, however, calmed down moments later after a Founding Parliament representative said Varuzhan Avetisyan – one of the men of the armed group - had told him over the phone that they had opened...
• 19 July

  

  Security Forces Continue ‘Intensive Negotiations’ with Erebuni Gunmen

  The National Security Service urges everyone not to intervene in matters which are exclusively within the jurisdiction of the competent authorities, not to interfere with the proper and effective implementation of their activities...
• 19 July

  

  Yerevan Detainees Subjected to Beatings, Humiliation by Police, Human Rights Activists Report

  He added that activist Davit Sanasaryan and several other detainees have told him that they were subjected to police brutality on the way to the unit, as a result of which Sanasaryan has suffered a concussion...
• 19 July

  

  Authorities Intend to Break Off Negotiations with Armed Group, Oppositionist Says

  Yenigomshyan also noted that the group inside the police station had very little and very poor quality food; “Nevertheless, they keep their spirits high and the relations with the police officers inside are amicable...
• 19 July

  

  Yerevan Police Forcibly Halt March to Occupied Station (VIDEO)

  Several citizens were forcibly detained in the ensuing clashes between the police and the marchers, only to be set free less than two hours later after those gathered marched through Yerevan's streets to demand their release...