The vice president of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) Armen Ashotyan was detained at the intersection of Moskovyan and Teryan streets by using brute force. As it is known, this morning the opposition started large-scale peaceful disobedience in the streets of Yerevan.
The Freedom House human rights organization made tweet calling on the police of Armenia to refrain using force. “We are disturbed by violence taking place during protests targeting journalists, public figures, and ordinary citizens in #Armenia. We appeal to the people to exercise their fundamental rights peacefully and call on the police to refrain from using disproportionate force. The Armenian authorities and the opposition must respect the unobstructed functioning of democratic and human rights institutions, including civil society and the media, necessary to guarantee the rights of all citizens in the line with democratic norms and standards”,- tweeted Freedom House.
Madam Ambassador, is this what you are promoting in Armenia. Lilit Beglaryan to Andrea Wiktorin.
For the stateless servile creatures, the cost of peace is the homage paid to the enemy, in the abandonment of national values and national identity, in an unequivocal acceptance of the enemy’s all demands.
On May 5, at around 13:00 pm, on the 24th km of the Martakert-Drmbon Road, a truck traveling as part of the Azerbaijani convoy, came out to the opposite side of the road and collided with a Renault Logan taxi service car of Artsakh registration, as a result of which the car rolled 12 meters into the gorge on the right side of the road.
168.am correspondent these days sent few questions to Andrea Wiktorin, Ambassador, Head of the European Union Delegation to Armenia.
“I do what I want.” Sargis Hovhannisyan, the head of the Patrol Police Service , kicked the cameraman and forbade the journalist to film.
We also contacted the Human Rights Defender’s Office. We were told they would respond after reviewing the videos. We will publish the Human Rights Defender’s opinion on the incident and on the duties of the mentioned groups and the police officers as soon as we get it.
As part of the peaceful protests and disobedience of the opposition that started this morning, the representatives of law enforcement bodies and power structures used disproportionate force to hinder the activities of many journalists and cameramen covering the events, grossly violating their rights. Both ordinary and special police force officers take part in these operations. […]
ANN/Groong Week in Review – April 24, 2022
