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Police chain central square in Ijevan
On December 3, a protest action will be held in the town of Ijevan in support of editor-in-chief of Haykakan Zhamanak daily Nikol Pashinyan.
Protesters demand an immediate release of the jailed journalist.
The police have chained Ijevan's central square banning people's entry.
Nikol Pashinyan was born in Ijevan.
Pashinyan was sentenced to 7 years in prison for "organizing mass disorders" during the riots following the disputed presidential elections in 2008 that left ten people killed in downtown Yerevan.
