Dozens of peaceful protesters detained in Yerevan – ARF student union

Panorama, Armenia
Feb 9 2021

Dozens of peaceful protesters, including Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF, Dashnaktsutyun) Nikol Aghbalyan Student Union Chairman Taron Ghazaryan and Hayk Manukyan, were detained near the Ministry of Economy in Yerevan on Tuesday morning, the union said in a Facebook post, adding no proper justifications were offered for their detention.

“Sadly, to the detriment of the state, the Armenian Police continue to serve as a puppet in the hands of the current authorities and a guarantor of their criminal activities,” the student union added. 

 

As of 9:00 a.m., from the sidewalk adjacent to the Ministry of Economy, they were detained without proper justification for a peaceful action…

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