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...
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...
Situation Outside Seized Police Station 'Tense,' Gunmen Say (Updated)
Throughout Sunday, members and supporters of Founding Parliament as well as those of other anti-government initiatives were being groundlessly arrested by law enforcement officers...
Yerevan Police Forcibly Halt March to Occupied Station
Yerevan Police Forcibly Halt March to Occupied Station (VIDEO)
Several citizens were forcibly detained in the ensuing clashes between the police and the marchers, only to be set free less than two hours later after those gathered marched through Yerevan's streets to demand their release...
Citizen Detained Nearby Occupied Police Station Calls Reasons for His Arrest ‘Absurdity’
Speaking to Epress.am after being released from a 4 hour and 10 minute custody, Ivchenko, who has been walking with crutches for months after injuring his hip in April, called the police’s reasoning an...