HAK activists beaten
This morning police arrested HAK activists and took them to the Kentron police headquarters in Yerevan, but they refused to give any information about the arrest. "A1+" asked an on-duty police officer how many people were there and the reason, but the officer, who remained anonymous, said the attorney can answer that question.
HAK activists Sargis Gevorgyan, Vahagn Gevorgyan, Areg Gevorgyan and Sargis Ghazaryan were arrested by force during a picket held in front of "Golden Tulip" Hotel this morning. The incident took place after a small group of HAK activists had refused to leave the entrance to the hotel building where the EU-Armenia international conference was being held.
Before attorney Vahe Hovsepyan would come out and provide some information, an Ambulance arrived at the police headquarters. The nurses weren't allowed to enter and show assistance, despite the fact that the police had asked them to come.
Only after the mediation of another HAK activist Tigran Arakelyan were the nurses allowed to see the detainees. After staying in the room for 30 minutes, they practically "fled the scene" and left journalists' questions unanswered. One of the nurses simply said there were no injuries and the boys didn't feel well.
Attorney Vahe Hovsepyan said he and the doctor had a dispute. "I demanded that the doctor register that one of the boys, Sargis Gevorgyan, had bruises on his back. The doctor didn't want to write that down." According to Hovsepyan, the police assaulted the youth as they were entering the police headquarters.
"The youth were asked to write that they were arrested for applying force against a police officer, but they refused," said Hovsepyan.
Father of Vahagn Gevorgyan, journalist for "Haykakan Zhamanak" newspaper Hayk Gevorgyan found out that his son was at the police headquarters from other sources.
The boys weren't even allowed to let their parents know that they were arrested. Hayk Gevorgyan came to the Kentron police division of Yerevan, but wasn't able to receive information. He had heard about the beating.
"I have that information and I think it is true. That is one of the traits of Armenians."
