Silent protests stopped in Liberty Square
The protest actions held by Armenian intellectuals in Yerevan's Liberty Square were stopped on April 10.
Starting April 2, intellectuals staged silent actions in the square, showing their support for Heritage party leader Raffi Hovannisian who staged "protest fast" on the same grounds on March 15-30. Every day three intellectuals sat in the square from 5 pm to 10 pm, without uttering a word.
"The protests were not coordinated. If resumed, they will be held in a different format. The symbolic silent protests continued for ten days and were a unique way to express public discontent with the authorities and their policy," said Heritage party secretary Karine Hakobyan.
Raffi Hovannisian protested against the government's failure to address problems in the country and called for snap presidential and parliamentary elections as "radical solutions" to the country's "emergency situation."
