Armenian citizen arrested in Georgia for failure to obey lawful order of police officer

Human Rights Defender of Armenia Arman Tatoyan is in contact with his Georgian counterpart, Public Defender Nino Lomjaria over the ongoing rallies and Police operations in Tbilisi.

“My counterpart today informed me that according to their data there is an Armenian citizen among the arrested people. He will stay in administrative detention for 13 days for failure to obey the lawful order of the police officer. The personal contacts of the detainee’s relative have been transferred to us, and we will also be in touch with him”, the Armenian Ombudsman said.

He thanked his Georgian counterpart for the cooperation and effective joint work. “I wish to our Georgian friends that the current situation in the country will be solved quickly and peacefully”, Arman Tatoyan said.

Earlier the Armenian foreign ministry informed that there is an Armenian citizen among the people arrested in Georgia during the ongoing clashes. Armenian citizen Minas Minasyan, born in 1995, studies in Tbilisi.

“The Armenian Embassy in Georgia is constant contact with the Georgian law enforcement agencies, and the Embassy diplomats will soon visit Minas Minasyan”, the Embassy said.