A rapid response group of the Armenian Human Rights Defender’s (Ombudsman) Office headed to number of police stations in Yerevan following the reports that relatives of missing and captured soldiers were detained during the Wednesday protests.
As Ombudsman Arman Tatoyan reported, the representatives of the Ombudsman’s Office held private conversations with detained citizens and assess the legal grounds for detentions.
To remind, since morning, the families of captured soldiers have been protesting outside the government building and central Baghramyan Avenue over the comments of National Assembly Speaker Alen Simonyan.
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