{"id":266280,"date":"2015-06-24T21:28:21","date_gmt":"2015-06-24T17:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.epress.am\/?p=266280"},"modified":"2015-06-24T21:31:15","modified_gmt":"2015-06-24T17:31:15","slug":"thousands-gather-in-yerevan-to-protest-against-hike-in-electricity-rates-for-third-consecutive-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/2015\/06\/24\/thousands-gather-in-yerevan-to-protest-against-hike-in-electricity-rates-for-third-consecutive-day.html","title":{"rendered":"Thousands Gather in Yerevan to Protest Against Hike in Electricity Rates for Third Consecutive Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\tFor the third consecutive day, thousands of people have gathered on Baghramyan Avenue in central Yerevan, not far from the RA Presidential Residence, protesting against the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.epress.am\/en\/2015\/06\/17\/armenian-protesters-throw-eggs-at-psrc-office-after-commission-decides-to-increase-electricity-tariff-by-nealy-7-drams.html\"><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\">rise in electricity rates<\/span><\/a> in Armenia.&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe hundreds of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.epress.am\/en\/2015\/06\/24\/armenian-protesters-regroup-at-protest-site-after-violent-dispersal-and-mass-arrests.html\"><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\">protesters who had spent the night<\/span><\/a> on the central Yerevan Avenue were joined by citizens who rallied on Freedom Square on Wednesday evening before marching toward the demonstration site.&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/peoplerally.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"peoplerally\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-266276\" height=\"280\" src=\"http:\/\/www.epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/peoplerally.jpg\" width=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/peoplerally.jpg 400w, https:\/\/epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/peoplerally-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tIn the early morning of June 23, Armenian riot police <a href=\"http:\/\/www.epress.am\/en\/2015\/06\/23\/armenian-police-use-excessive-force-and-special-means-against-protesters-outside-presidential-residence.html\"><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\">violently dispersed<\/span><\/a> the peaceful sit-in outside the Armenian president&rsquo;s office. Today, police officers in full riot gear have once again blocked the road; there is a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.epress.am\/en\/2015\/06\/23\/armenian-demonstrators-beaten-chased-and-detained-police-clear-protest-site-in-yerevan-video.html\"><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\">water cannon<\/span><\/a> behind them. A number of officers are deployed not far from the protest site, on Demirchyan Street.&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tIn parallel, demonstrations against the increase in electricity tariffs are&nbsp;being held in the towns&nbsp;of Gyumri, Vanadzor, Abovyan, and Charentsavan.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/1baghramyan.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"1baghramyan\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-266275\" height=\"280\" src=\"http:\/\/www.epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/1baghramyan.jpg\" width=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/1baghramyan.jpg 400w, https:\/\/epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/1baghramyan-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<em>Late on Monday, after a&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.epress.am\/en\/?p=266054\"><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\">three-day sit-in<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;at Freedom Square in central Yerevan, protesters&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.epress.am\/en\/2015\/06\/22\/armenian-police-block-march-towards-presidential-palace-as-citizens-march-against-hike-in-electricity-tariff.html\"><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\">tried to march<\/span><\/a> toward Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan&rsquo;s office at 26 Baghramyan. However,&nbsp;hundreds of armed police officers, forming a barricade, closed the road, not allowing demonstrators to get any closer to the presidential palace. Protesters then sat in the middle of the road at the intersection of Baghramyan and Isahakyan streets, staging an impromptu sit-in outside the presidential office.<\/em><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the early morning of June 23, Armenian riot police violently dispersed the peaceful sit-in outside the Armenian president\u2019s office. 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