Opposition MP Nikol Pashinyan has left the scene in Baghramyan Avenue in a police car.
Yerevan police issued a statement demanding opposition MP Nikol Pashinyan to cease the rally in the city. In case of failure to comply within a reasonable period of time, police said they will disperse the rally with special measures and force.
Opposition MP Nikol Pashinyan and his crowd of supporters escalated the situation in Baghramyan Avenue in Yerevan.
The Police of Armenia released a new statement saying law enforcement agencies are entitled to cease a rally under Article 33 of the law on assembly, if it assesses that otherwise it is impossible to prevent the restrictions of rights of other citizens or the disproportionate restriction of public interest.
Opposition MP Nikol Pashinyan and his crowd of supporters have blocked the Victory Bridge in Yerevan.
Opposition MP Nikol Pashinyan’s crowd marched through downtown Yerevan to Khanjyan Street and blocked traffic near the Vardan Mamikonyan statue.
The Yerevan Municipality urges rally organizers and participants to refrain from steps on arbitrarily moving and damaging the city’s property.
Opposition MP Nikol Pashinyan and his crowd of supporters breached into the Yerevan State Base Medical College after blocking traffic in Yerevan downtown.
The transportation department of the Yerevan City Hall said the city’s subway will not make stops at the Baghramyan station due to technical maintenance works at the station.
Opposition MP Nikol Pashinyan and his supporters have blocked several streets of Yerevan causing heavy traffic jams from the morning of April 16.
