Demonstrators have closed Garegin Nzhdeh street, nearby Shengavit Police Department, where, according to preliminary information, NA deputies Nikol Pashinyan, Ararat Mirzoyan and Sasun Mikayelyan are held by Police.
Tens of schoolchildren and young people from Byureghavan, a town in Armenia's Kotayk Province, closed the Byureghavan road and the crossroad with Arzni earlier today.
We, the undersigned civil society organizations in Armenia, would like to bring your attention to the political situation in Armenia that is a clear confrontation between the existing autocratic corrupt regime and the hope for democracy.
At 10:00 am, a protest rally started in Gyumri. Unlike past days, when the protests were mostly organized by the youth, today's protest started with merchants shutting down their kiosks in the market.
One hour after their meeting earlier today, police confronted a group of protesters at the Erebuni-Artsakh intersection and detained protest leader Nikol Pashinyan.
Parents of 23-year-old Tigran Mazmanyan, a protest activist arrested on April 17, are former freedom fighters. His mother, Arpineh Harutyunyan, and father, Mher Mazmanyan, participated in the Artsakh War.
Reporters were held back by Sarkissian’s security guards.
Yerevan police today detained and later arrested Armen Grigoryan, a political analyst and civic activist, on charges that he violated various administrative codes related to the organization of public rallies and marches.