Man Attempts Self-Immolation During Yerevan Protest (Updated)
Unable to move forward, the protesters sat on the ground in front of the barbed wire. Meanwhile, buses are transferring police officers from the cordoned off street leading to the seized police station to Baghramyan avenue...
Officer Fatally Shot by Sniper Near Seized Station, Police Spokesperson Says
Yura Tepanosyan, a 30-year-old officer of Armenia’s police forces, was fatally shot Saturday near the seized police station in Yerevan’s Erebuni district, according to a Facebook post from Ashot Aharonya, the head of police’s...
Relatives Not Allowed to Visit Hospitalized Protesters; Law Enforcement Officers Given Free Passage to ICU
The Committee did subsequently issue a statement to report that 23 people were arrested as part of an investigation under Article 225 of Armenia’s Criminal Code (“organization of mass disorder, accompanied with violence...
Yerevan Woman Severely Burned During Violent Protest Dispersal (Photos)
Tamara Manukyan has been admitted to the burns unit of the Surb Grigor Lusavorich hospital in the city’s Nor Nork district. The following pictures of Manukyan’s injuries were provided to Epress.am...
Dozens Injured as Armenian Police Use Special Means Against Protesters (Video, Updated)
The gunmen’s sympathizers initially rallied at Yerevan’s central Freedom Square after news broke out that three members of the armed group had been injured in a shootout with police officers. They soon decided...
More Gunmen Wounded in Yerevan; Gunfire and Explosions on Seized Territory (Updated)
Arayik Khandoyan, one of the gunmen who’ve been occupying a Yerevan police station since July 17, has been wounded, according to a statement posted on the armed group’s Facebook page...
Arrested Erebuni Gunmen Kept in Intolerable Conditions, Lawyers Say
Note, Harutyunyan has been charged with “occupation of buildings, facilities, means of transportation or communication” and “illegal procurement, transportation or carrying of weapons, ammunition...
Oppositionist Arrested on Suspicion of ‘Aiding’ Yerevan Armed Group
The oppositionist, along with several other organizers of the daily demonstrations in Yerevan in support of the gunmen calling themselves the “Daredevils of Sasun,” was detained on July 27 ahead of their next rally in Yerevan’s Freedom Square...
Armenian Civic Activist ‘Mocked and Humiliated’ by Police
Upon reaching the destination, Gaspari claimed, police officers yanked the activist out of the car and dragged him to the police station; “They put me down on the hallway floor and kept me there until 10 pm...
Demonstrators Leave Khorenatsi Street (Updated)
Several thousand sympathizers of the “Daredevils of Sasun” gathered Wednesday evening on Yerevan’s Freedom Square and soon decided to march to the Khorenatsi street leading to the police station seized by the armed group...
Protest Leader Detained by Security Forces Ahead of Rally in Downtown Yerevan
Shortly before being detained, the oppositionist announced that today’s rally which was set to start at 7 pm on the street leading to the occupied police station was moving to Yerevan’s central Freedom Square....
Yerevan Court Orders Two-Month Pretrial Detention for Erebuni Gunman
The NSS motion for Pavel Manukyan’s arrest will be heard in the coming days, when the gunman will have recovered enough to leave the hospital. Earlier today, Manukyan informed reporters through his lawyer Inessa Petrosyan...