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. ..
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...
Police Use Special Measures Against Supporters of Erebuni Gunmen
Police Clashes with Supporters of Erebuni Gunmen
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...
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...
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...
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...
Security Forces Continue ‘Intensive Negotiations’ with Erebuni Gunmen
The National Security Service urges everyone not to intervene in matters which are exclusively within the jurisdiction of the competent authorities, not to interfere with the proper and effective implementation of their activities...