
Detention of participants in a united opposition rally in YerevanYEREVAN, May 2.Taguhi Tovmasyan, head of the Commission for the Protection of Human Rights and Public Affairs of the Armenian Parliament, said that the police are using unequal force against participants in the actions of opponents of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. parts of the capital. Also, following the videos distributed by the media, I stated that the police are literally beating the citizens of Armenia, who are exercising their constitutional right to peaceful assembly,» Tovmasyan wrote on social networks.
Ex-President of Armenia Sargsyan visited the protesters in YerevanAccording to her, during the conversation between the expert of the commission and the head of the ambulance service, the head of the service said that one of the citizens received a leg injury, the necessary examinations are being carried out, and another one has bruises. development of events and once again I remind you that the main goal of the police should be the protection of human rights, respect for human dignity, fundamental rights and freedoms of the individual … qualification of the actions of the head and employees of the State Security Service (National Security Service),» Tovmasyan noted. The MP added that in connection with the above-mentioned actions of the police, she sent relevant letters to the Prosecutor General of Armenia and international structures. Since April 25, the Armenian opposition has been holding protests throughout Armenia , because you think that the policy of the authorities «is destructive for Armenia and the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, threatens the Armenian side not only with new concessions, but also with the loss of statehood.» Columns of oppositionists from the cities of Ijevan and Tigranashen headed to Yerevan, they arrived in the capital on May 1 and are participating in the rally. : protest action in Armenia

