{"id":284601,"date":"2018-04-16T13:40:50","date_gmt":"2018-04-16T09:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/epress.am?p=284601"},"modified":"2018-04-16T20:26:49","modified_gmt":"2018-04-16T16:26:49","slug":"civil-disobedience-continues-in-yerevan-as-demonstrators-block-central-streets-breaking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/2018\/04\/16\/civil-disobedience-continues-in-yerevan-as-demonstrators-block-central-streets-breaking.html","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Number of Demonstrators in Yerevan Civil Disobedience Reaches Several Thousand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>15.33 At least 10 protesters suffered injuries after riot police used special means against the demonstrators on Baghramyan Avenue. One of the leaders of the movement MP Nikol Pashinyan is among those injured.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/injurednikol.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-284632\" src=\"http:\/\/epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/injurednikol.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/injuredman.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-284633\" src=\"http:\/\/epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/injuredman.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>1:40pm: Minutes ago a Pajero car hit one of the demonstrators on the Khorenatsi-Mashtots intersection. The young man\u2019s friend told our reporter that he is currently being transferred to a hospital by an ambulance.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/shtap.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-284619\" src=\"http:\/\/epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/shtap.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"700\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>1:30pm: Thousands of demonstrators led by Nikol Pashinyan have reached the Baghramyan Avenue to be met with a police wall. Scores of police officers, however, have barricaded the entire area to prevent the demonstrators from approaching the National Assembly building and the presidential residence.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/1cheghqum.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-284615\" src=\"http:\/\/epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/1cheghqum.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>1pm: <\/b>Republican Party lawmaker Vahram Baghdasaryan has told reporters that he did not believe the oppositionists would succeed in toppling the Prime Minister elections to be held in the Parliament on April 17. \u201cThe special session will take place, and the National Assembly will work until the agenda is complete. We have to be at the National Assembly at the start of our workday, and the relevant agencies have to ensure we have access to the building.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><b>Local human rights defenders are urging demonstrators to call their joint hotline in case of police violence or detentions:<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><b>096 14 08 58; 096 14 08 80 <\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><b>094 14 08 52; 093 14 08 50 <\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><b>041 14 08 50; 044 14 08 50<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"425\" height=\"344\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k9qmG0aUoPc?wmode=transparent\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen> <\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>12:40<\/strong>: Nikol Pashinyan and a thousand marchers have reached the Victory bridge.<\/p>\n<p>Protesters from all over Yerevan have been warning their peers that there are plainclothes police officers disguised as drivers among the demonstrators and calling upon them to remain vigilant against any provocations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>12:15<\/strong>: Politk.am reports that the young people with the Mercedes Benz (license plate &#8211; 62ss465) who earlier attacked the demonstrators on Heratsi street are members of the youth branch of the Republican Party. The source says that the Republicans mostly probably attacked the students to provoke them into a clash.<\/p>\n<p><strong>11:40am:<\/strong> Nikol Pashinyan is leading thousands of people through the streets of Yerevan and to a number of educational institutions to check whether any students have been trapped inside. A few minutes ago the demonstrators penetrated into the Pedagogical University.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/1prot.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-284608\" src=\"http:\/\/epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/1prot.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>11:35am: Police officers have blocked off the Baghramyan-Proshyan intersection. People and cars are not allowed to move down the Proshyan street towards Serzh Sargsyan\u2019s house on the Demirchyan-Proshyan intersection.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/police.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-284610\" src=\"http:\/\/epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/police.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>11:30am:<\/strong> A group of demonstrators just blocked the Nalbandyan-Khanjyan intersection.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/nalbandyan.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-284606\" src=\"http:\/\/epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/nalbandyan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>11am: <\/strong>The marchers are chanting, \u201cSerzhik &#8211; Liar,\u201d \u201cArmenia Is Ours.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>10:50am: <\/strong>Police officers forcibly removed the demonstrators from the Heratsi-Charents intersection and blocked off the road leading to Heratsi street. A group of protesters led by Nikol Pashinyan arrived here shortly and broke through the police wall, chanting \u201cPolice are ours.\u201d Naarly thousand of demonstrators have begun marching towards the central police station. They are holding their hands up to show that they are unarmed. Police have been trying and failing to block their movement.<\/p>\n<p><b>10:35am: Police officers are trying to detain \u00a0five people from the Orbeli-Baghramyan intersection. They have put the group into a police van, but other demonstrators are refusing to let the van move.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>10:30am<\/strong>: The number of demonstrators currently out on Yerevan streets reaches several thousand. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>10:27am<\/strong>: Prominent civil activist Vardges Gaspari has come to the Proshyan-Demirchyan intersection, holding a poster that reads, \u201cSerzhik, murderer, Serzhik, bastard.\u201d The intersection has been blocked off by police officers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>10:25am<\/strong>: Nikol Pashinyan is calling upon large businessman not to allow their security guards to intervene in the demonstrators activities. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>10:17am<\/strong>: A group of young men came out of a Mercedes Benz car and attacked some of the students blocking the Heratsi street. The car subsequently drew through the student wall. Police officers present at the scene did nothing to stop violence against the students. Nonetheless, the demonstrators have already managed to re-block the street.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>10:05am:<\/strong> Baghramyan, Myasnikyan, Arshakunyats and Mashtots avenues, as well as Amiryan, Saryan, Abovyan and Demirchyan streets are blocked at the moment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>10am:<\/strong> YSU Restart initiative members Davit Petrosyan has announced that the occupied area near the Medical University \u201cis not the students\u2019 territory.\u201d He has urged the university professors to join their strike and discussions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>9:35am:<\/strong> Nikol Pashinyan is urging drivers on Khanjyan street to turn off their cars in the middle of the street to paralyze traffic. Lawmaker Ararat Mirzoyan, along with a group of demonstrators, has blocked the Amiryan-Mashtots intersection.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/protestguy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-284609\" src=\"http:\/\/epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/protestguy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>9am:<\/strong> Nikol Pashinyan remains on Baghramyan Avenue. A flipped-over car has blocked the entrance to the avenue. A little further up, the road leading to the National Assembly building has been blocked by police officers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>8:58am<\/strong>: Police officers took away the passport of one of the drivers parked nearby the Medical University and then forced him to leave the area.<\/p>\n<p><strong>8:51am:<\/strong> Two drivers lefts their cars next to the Yeritasardakan metro station and joined the striking students.<\/p>\n<p><strong>8:44am:<\/strong> The Marshal Baghramyan metro station has also been shut down; a sign on the entrance door apologizes for the inconvenience and says the station is closed due to technical issues. Prior to that, a group of activists tried to paralyze the metro line by lying down in between train doors and not letting it move. Police officers forcefully removed the activists from the area and began closing down the stations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/metro.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-284590\" src=\"http:\/\/epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/metro.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>8:39am:<\/strong> Police have shut down the Republic Square metro station; people are not allowed in; there are no travel coins for sale, Epress.am correspondent reports.<\/p>\n<p><strong>8:29am:<\/strong> A group of students has blocked the Abovyan street, not far from the Yeritasardakan metro station. They are calling for people to boycott classes and work.<\/p>\n<p><strong>8:27am:<\/strong> Nikol Pashinyan has blocked the road of a second bus on Baghramyan Avenue. A group of police officers have been seen walking in Pashinyan\u2019s direction. Police forces have also begun installing barricades on Baghramyan Avenue. Pashinyan is calling upon drivers to turn off their cars and join the demonstration.<\/p>\n<p><strong>8:23am:<\/strong> Police forces are bringing barricades to the are around the presidential residence. The street, however, has yet to be blocked, our reporter tells us.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/argelapatnesh-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-284591\" src=\"http:\/\/epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/argelapatnesh-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>8:20am:<\/strong> Pashinyan\u2019s supporters are moving street benched to the entrance of Baghramyan Avenue in order to block off traffic.<\/p>\n<p><strong>8am:<\/strong> Prominent oppositionist Yelk bloc leader Nikol Pashinyan blocked the way of a civilian bus on the central Baghramyan Avenue at 8am straight, apologizing to the passengers for the possible inconvenience and saying that he was carrying out a political action.<\/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>Nikol Pashinyan is urging drivers on Khanjyan street to turn off their cars in the middle of the street to paralyze traffic. 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