“NO ONE SHOULD DOUBT THE CREDULOUSNESS OF OUR INFORMATION”

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On October 15 the Office of the Human Rights Defender of Armenia made a statement on the incident that was provoked on the eve at the intersection of Mashtots and Tumanyan Streets. Representatives of the Ombudsman's Office were on the site when the police tried to prevent the opposition activists from informing Yerevan citizens about an October 17 rally. According to the RoA Ombudsman’s Office, there were some fifty people at the intersection of Mashtots and Tumanyan Streets. They intended to march through the capital and inform our fellow citizens about the rally, knowing that no permission is required for it. However, the police hindered the march. Moreover, marchers later informed that the policemen seized their megaphone and forced the off the place.

Nevertheless, some time later the police allowed the march but without a megaphone, which is incompliant with the Armenian legislation. As a result, the street became crowded, and people demanded that the policemen stop hindering them. About 50 policemen pushed people towards Northern Avenue, and in the presence of the representatives of Ombudsman's Office seized the other megaphone of the participants.

“The abovementioned information was immediately put down by the representatives of the Ombudsman, which means there is no doubt about its credulousness. Therefore, we urge the police to act in accordance with the RoA Constitution and legislation and not to restrict the constitutional rights of the RoA citizens,” holds the statement.