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Occupy Mashtots Park Activists Add 4th Brigade, Send Another Appeal to Police Chief
A 4th brigade has been added to what had become till now 3 brigades of activists intending to dismantle kiosks placed in a central Yerevan park. Read More »
Occupy Mashtots Park Activists to Decide on Dismantling Kiosks Next Steps
The "brigade" of local activists who expressed intent to dismantle the kiosks in a central Yerevan park will convene a meeting at 5 pm today to decide their next steps.Read More »
Mashtots Park: Police Forbid Tent to be Pitched, Despite Human Rights Defender’s Insistence
Environmental and civic activists protesting the construction of shops in a central Yerevan park resumed their non-stop sit-in on Mar. 31.Read More »
Police Warn Occupy Mashtots Park Activists to ‘Refrain from Committing Illegal Acts’
Armenian police in a statement issued Thursday warned the activists who for one-and-a-half months have been protesting shop construction in a downtown...Read More »
Demolish Kiosks Not in 3 Years, But Now: Environmentalists Appeal to Prime Minister
"We emphasize again the construction and placement of pavilions/kiosks in the aforementioned area is ILLEGAL and is contrary to...Read More »
Occupy Mashtots Park Activists to Begin Sit-In Amid Police Warnings
Environmental and civic activists who have been coming nearly every day for almost a month to Mashtots Park to protest the construction of shops say they... Read More »
VIDEO: Women Occupy Kiosks in Mashtots Park
On Mar. 8, a group of female activists broke through the barricades surrounding kiosks in a downtown Yerevan park and occupied one... Read More »
PHOTOS: Women Occupy Mashtots Park (Live Blog)
Women environmental and civic activists less than an hour ago occupied the partially constructed kiosks in Mashtots Park to mark International Women's Day.Read More »
Business As Usual at Mashtots Park
"We, the residents and citizens of Armenia defending Mashtots Park for 22 days non stop already, have still not received an...Read More »
Armenia Police Call Roundtable Discussion on Mashtots Park Shop Construction
Armenia's police, in a statement issued Tuesday, defended its actions in Mashtots Park, saying that they are obliged to... Read More »