On April 20, as of 09:00, the Yerevan Police detained 16 participants of the rally organized by opposition MP Nikol Pashinyan.
His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia, arrives in Armenia on April 20.
Holding rallies in Armenia should not hinder and violate the rights of others in a disproportionate way, Prime Minister of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan said during an interview with Shant TV, referring to the recent days’ rallies in Armenia.
Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II released an address on the situation relating to the recent rallies in Armenia.
The situation on Armenia-Azerbaijan border and Artsakh-Azerbaijan contact line is quiet as for 17:00, April 18, press secretary of the Defense Ministry of Armenia Artsrun Hovhannisyan reported.
As part of fighting cybercrimes, the National Security Service of Armenia eliminated a criminal syndicate comprising Armenian citizens who were engaged in bank account fraud, the National Security Service reported.
The military investigative committee is investigating the death of Junior Sergeant Ruslan Manukyan, the committee reported.
In the framework of the criminal case investigated in Syunik Regional Investigative Department of the RA Investigative Committee charge was pressed against 59 year-old man for inflicting bodily injuries incompatible with life to his fellow villager – 79 year-old woman during the argument.
In the result of investigatory and operative-intelligence measures taken together with National Security Service in the framework of the criminal case investigated in the proceeding of Department of Investigation of Particularly Important Cases of General Military Investigative Department of the RA Investigative Committee Lieutenant Colonel of the RA Armed Forces was arrested on suspicion of committing crime envisaged by the Point 1 of the Part 3 of the Article 178 of RA Criminal Code.
The number of detained protesters in Yerevan has reached 80. The protesters have been detained in suspicion of misdemeanors, Yerevan Police Department said.
