Mere notification does not mean that the holding of certain assemblies are permitted or possible. Deputy Chief of Police Ara Fidanyan stated this at the press briefing after Thursday’s Cabinet meeting of the government of Armenia—and responding to the question on what grounds a group of Russian citizens holding a peaceful anti-war protest at Freedom Square in downtown Yerevan were detained a few days ago.
“Even the law [of Armenia] on freedom of assembly clearly defines the limitation of freedom of assembly. It is noted there if there is information or certain actions aimed against public order are possible. The police had clear information, and it was already noted that there are also people with a different point of view in the given area, which means that clashes are not ruled out there. Due to this, a decision was made that the given assembly should be interrupted at that very moment,” said Fidanyan.
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