POLICEMEN BEAT REPORTER YESTERDAY

Lragir
Oct 23 2007
Armenia

In an incident involving policemen and the participants of the
march at the intersection of Abovyan and Koryun Streets the special
operations personnel injured Gohar Vesiryan, reporter of the Chorord
Ishkhanutyun. On October 24 Nichol Pashinyan, a member of the
Alternative Initiative stated this October 24 who says he witnessed
how the red berets hit the reporter. Nichol Pashinyan says he feels
ashamed for the people who wear a uniform with the emblem of the
Republic of Armenia and beat women.

Nichol Pashinyan was also injured. His face is swollen from punches.

The eleven participants of the march who had been detained by the
police got different injuries, Nichol Pashinyan says. Some of them,
including Nichol Pashinyan, were referred to the forensic doctor but
he stated that they are not going to be examined by the doctor.

The policemen and the participants of the peaceful march clashed when
the policemen approached about 30 participants of the march and asked
to stop the action organized to inform the public about the rally on
October 26 and hand out their megaphones. The policemen had nothing
to offer in return for the demand to give legal grounds for their
demand. Instead, the participants of the march offered their legal
right which, however, was not taken seriously by the police. The
policemen continued to demand to hand out the megaphone but the
participants of the march did not give up. Afterwards the police
used force.