Armenian Police Chief involved in incident near Tsitsernakaberd Memorial
New Armenia public salvation front says an incident occurred between one of its members and Chief of the Armenian Police near the Armenian Genocide Memorial on April 24. "An incident happened between Gagik Yeghiazaryan, a member of the New Armenia Public Salvation Front, and a group of police officers led by Chief of the Armenian Police Vladimir Gasparyan, near the Armenian Genocide Memorial in Yerevan. On his way back from the Tsitsernakaberd memorial, Yeghiazaryan noticed citizens taking the route to Arzumanyan street without any obstacles and decided to follow suit as his car was parked in that street. However, he was soon stopped by a group of policemen who ordered him to return to the usual way meant for citizens. After Yeghiazaryan said they were restricting his right of free movement and showed other citizens freely heading to Arzumanyan street, the policemen said only representatives of delegations could go that way. When Gagik Yeghiazaryan again asked why they were creating additional obstacles for citizens and putting discrimination between delegations and citizens, another group of police officers led by Vladimir Gasparyan approached him. Not only did the Chief of the Armenian Police talk to Mr Yeghiazaryan in the language of threats but he also used expressions which do not fit a policeman whose primary task is to defend the law and the rights of citizens," the opposition group said in a statement.
