In the beginning of April, prostitutes looking for clients on Baghramayan Avenue in Yerevan were harassed almost every day; the Arabkir district police department fined the women for standing on the streets under their jurisdiction.
When Zara and I approached her fellow prostitutes, she introduced me as a psychologist. One of the women had time to arrange to meet with me separately before she left with a client. We met the next day in a little known Yerevan café, to be out of sight.
On September 13, 2003, 16-year-old Gagik Hakobyan was killed on a Yerevan street. He and two friends had gotten involved in a fight with two prostitutes.