The participants of the protest action in Yerevan on July 30, 2016. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"

30 July 2016, 23:59

Protest action in Yerevan ends without detentions

Demonstrators in Yerevan have fulfilled the police's demand and left Bagramyan Avenue. The motor traffic in the centre of the Armenian has reopened.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that in Yerevan, in the evening on July 30, supporters of the "Sasna Tsrer" organization began a march. Additional police forces and special machinery were pulled up to Bagramyan Avenue. One of the protesters was taken to hospital with burns; after which the crowd, which, according to various estimates, was from 1.5 to 6 thousand strong, began dispersing. However, some 300 protesters decided to continue the action; and policemen declared their readiness to apply measures to disperse them.

At the moment, all the protesters have dispersed; there were no detentions. The traffic in central of Yerevan has resumed.

Full text of the article is available on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’.

Author: Tigran Petrosyan Source: CK correspondent

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