Not letting them approach residence
The mothers and relatives of soldiers that died in peace in the army weren't allowed to hold their march from the government building to the presidential residence.
"A1+"'s correspondent reports that the police officers accompanying the relatives pressured the action participants, made them leave the sidewalk leading to the presidential residence and walk on the opposite side.
"They are even protecting the presidential residence hundreds of meters away and aren't allowing us to walk on the sidewalk that leads us to the gate of the presidential residence," said journalist Tsovinar Nazaryan, sister of Artak Nazaryan who was killed at the Mehrabner military unit and, according to the official version, committed suicide.
The action participants gathered in front of the presidential residence demand seeing the prosecution of Artak Nazaryan's case in Yerevan instead of Ijevan.
The action participants were holding signs reading "No to Assaults and Killings in the Army", "Don't Judge To Not Be Judged" and "Artak's Case: Touchstone for Human Rights in the Army".
