ArmInfo.. As a result of the monitoring conducted by the Office of the Human Rights Defender of Armenia, a number of violations were revealed by representatives of law enforcement agencies during the detention of participants in opposition protest actions that took place on May 3 and May 4.
According to the press service of the Armenian Human Rights Defender's Office, its employees provided advisory assistance to 32 detainees, registering violations by the Police. Cases of violations of fundamental human rights were identified, including cases of forcible identification of people through unauthorized access to personal data – mobile phones. The defenders specifically warned the Police about the inadmissibility of such unlawful measures that grossly violate the fundamental rights of citizens. These rights, emphasized in the Office, have priority importance before police officers carry out their duties and police officers must refrain from committing obvious violations of these rights.
Also, cases of disproportionate physical force were again recorded. In particular, in personal conversations with persons taken to the Nor Nork Police Department, it was recorded that during the arrest, police officers used violence against the detainees, inflicting physical injuries on the mind, using swearing. The police pushed the detainees, dragged them along the ground, roughly pushing them into police cars. Misbehavior of police officers was also noted.
It is noted that the Office of the Human Rights Defender intends to consistently conduct a detailed investigation of each of the registered violations.
At the same time, the monitoring of the media and social networks conducted by the Office of the Human Rights Defender revealed manifestations of intolerant and offensive behavior towards the Police officers themselves.