July, 2016

• 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 ...