July, 2016

• 22 July

  

  Sefilyan Wants to Be Part of Negotiations with Erebuni Gunmen

  Sefilyan, according to the lawyer, wants to help find a peaceful resolution to the situation and is willing to do whatever it takes to ensure that there is no further bloodshed. Zakaryan added that the jailed....
• 22 July

  

  Armenian President Finally Breaks Silence Over Yerevan Hostage Situation

  Violence, armed attacks and hostage-taking will not solve anything in Armenia; we will never allow it. The resolution of this situation must be an important maturity test for Armenia as well as our society and the state...
• 21 July

  

  Yerevan Armed Group and Hostages Provided with Food

  According to Sanasaryan, the food had been transferred to the group by Nagorno-Karabakh parliament MP Vitaly Balasanyan who today met with the gunmen to negotiate with them. The activist added that the parliamentarian...
• 21 July

  

  I Declare My Solidarity with the Rebels

  Meanwhile, I declare my solidarity with the rebels and demand that the authorities resolve the conflict through exclusively peaceful negotiations, no matter how much time or effort it requires...
• 21 July

  

  Yerevan Reporter Allegedly Beaten Up by Plainclothes Police

  Gevorg Tasunyan, a reporter for Armenian legal news portal Iravaban.net, was attacked by plainclothes police officers on July 21 while covering the violent police crackdown on nearly two hundred demonstrators gathered outside the seized police station in Yerevan’s Erebuni district. ..
• 21 July

  

  Erebuni Armed Group Leader Says Police Forces Gather Outside Seized Building

  Police have begun to mobilize outside the seized police station in Yerevan’s Erebuni district, while doctors have been removed from the area, Varuzhan Avetisyan, one of the leaders of the armed group “Daredevils...
• 21 July

  

  Protester Claims Police Subjected Detained Civilians to Beatings

  One of the detainees, who wished to remain anonymous, said in a conversation with Epress.am that he had been detained by plain clothes police officers who punched and kicked him on the way to the station...
• 21 July

  

  Police Forcibly Disperse Protesters Outside Seized Yerevan Building

  Most of the protesters appeared to be forcibly detained on the spot, while getting punched and kicked by police officers in the process. Several of those detained told Epress.am over the phone that as of 7:30 am people were slowly being...
• 20 July

  

  Police Use Special Measures Against Supporters of Erebuni Gunmen (VIDEO, UPDATED)

  About half an hour later opposition lawmaker Nikol Pashniyan arrived on the scene to urge the protesters and the police to refrain from further violence. He insisted that the clash was “obviously a result of a provocation coming from NSS agents...
• 20 July

  

  Founding Parliament Supporter Arrested for Assisting Yerevan Armed Group

  The truck owner, Khachatur Gichyan, is a Founding Parliament supporter. His lawyer, Tigran Sargsyan, told Azatutyun.am that Gichyan was formally charged with illegal possession and transportation of arms and remanded in pre-trial custody on Wednesday...