‘We Are Recreating Armenia;” Erebuni Gunmen Speak to Reporters After Releasing Hostages
A regular emotional outbreak, Varuzhan Avetisyan went on, never does any good, but a well-thought-out conscious plan “usually brings about favorable outcomes....
Erebuni Armed Group Publishes Photos Taken in Occupied Police Headquarters
The "Darevedevils of Sasun" armed group which has been occupying a police station in Yerevan's Erebuni dsitrict since July 17 published on its Facebook page today several photos taken on the occupied territory.
All Hostages Released from Seized Yerevan Police Station (Updated)
The two remaining hostages are deputy chief of national police Vardan Yeghiazarya and deputy head of Yerevan’s police Valery Osipyan, and, according to Balasanyan, the gunmen have agreed to release them on...
Police Use Special Measures Against Supporters of Erebuni Gunmen
Police Clashes with Supporters of Erebuni Gunmen
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...
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...
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...
Erebuni Gunmen Reaffirm Their Demand for Regime Change in Armenia
Pavel Manukyan, a senior member of the “Daredevils of Sasun” armed group that has been occupying a Yerevan police station since Sunday, reaffirmed in a phone conversation with an Armtimes.com reporter the group...
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...
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...
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...