Armenian opposition reports new arrests over rallies

Noyan Tapan news agency
1 Jun 04

Yerevan, 1 June: There have been new arrests of opposition activists
over the last two days. According to the office of the [Justice] bloc,
six men were arrested in different regions of Armenia on 31 May and 1
June. Some of them were subjected to several days’ of administrative
arrests, while others were fined.

An investigation into Artak Gabrielyan’s case, who was arrested for
his participation in rallies, was postponed until 2 June. On the same
day, the trial of Tigran Ter-Markaryan and Karen Markaryan will take
place in Gyumri.