EcoLur
EcoLur is condemning the violence exercised by the Armenian Police over citizens having a peaceful demonstration against electricity price rise and journalists performing their professional duties.
On 23 June, at about 5:30, the Armenian police cracked down the sit-in in Baghramyan Avenue against the electricity price rise. Over 230 people were detained.
According to the information in the press, the Hetq journalists Ani Hovhannisyan and Hrant Galstyan, 'Gala' TV journalist Paylak Fahradyan, the Haykakan Zhamanak journalist Mkrtich Karapetyan, panarmenian.net photo journalist Karapet Sahakyan, news.am journalist Arsen Sargsyan, Epress.am operator Tigran Hakobyan, the Zham journalist Davit Davtyan and operator Khachatur Hakobyan were detained through using violence.
The policemen also seized and broke down the cameras of the journalists and their photo cameras.
Reminder: on 17 June the Public Service Regulatory Committee raised the electricity price by 6.93 AMD for one kW/h making it 48.78 AMD.
June 23, 2015 at 15:13