We also encourage law enforcement authorities to maintain order in a manner that upholds citizens’ rights to freedom of expression and assembly, and to investigate any incidents in which procedures may have been violated, including with regards to journalists covering demonstrations.”
On June 12, at the intersection of Baghramyan-Demirchyan streets, during the mass protest organized by the Tavush for the Motherland movement, a great number of peaceful demonstrators, among them about a dozen representatives of the mass media, i.e. journalists and operators, were seriously injured as a result of the police’s flagrant violation of the law, including the use of stun grenades without proper prior warning.
Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan’s Address to the International Community
The U.S. Freedom House also issued a statement saying: “We are concerned by mounting reports of police violence in Armenia. We urge Armenian authorities to investigate this pattern of excessive force and inhumane treatment and work with civil society to foster and implement meaningful reform.”
Today, traditionally, as after every court session, political prisoner, RPA vice-president Armen Ashotyan answered 168.am brief questions.
Don’t turn blind eye on the recent developments in RA.Oskanian’s message to the foreign diplomats
Rocha, a Portuguese and British national, has over 20 years of experience in development finance, most recently at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
The Azerbaijani court has once again extended the pre-trial detention of Ruben Vardanyan, Armenian philanthropist, and former State Minister of Artsakh, who has been illegally detained in Baku since September 27, 2023.
Today, at the call of Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan, the leader of the “Tavush for the Motherland” popular movement, the head of the Diocese of Tavush, the police used unprecedented brutal force against the citizens who were carrying out peaceful disobedience actions and not only against them. People were even detained from the sidewalks.
I have no regrets about taking that path. I am deeply grateful to you for inspiring me to do the right thing. Now, I understand much better what motivates Marguerite Barankitse, Tom Catena, and other Aurora laureates, and why they have this strong belief in the power of one individual to make a difference. There is simply no choice but to try.
