Ombudsman: "Police Actions Were Illegitimate"

OMBUDSMAN: “POLICE ACTIONS WERE ILLEGITIMATE”

08:38 pm | March 15, 2012 | Social

“It’s not about the number of tents. Even if there were 1,000 tents,
there can be no problem, if social order isn’t violated. At the
same time, if, say, a tent is set up in the middle of the street,
that tent can be displaced,” said RA Human Rights Defender Karen
Andreasyan as he commented on police officers’ actions at Mashtots
Park in Yerevan last night. According to him, the police officers’
actions were illegitimate.

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