July, 2016

• 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...