‘WE ARE ALL NIKOL’: DEMONSTRATORS OUTSIDE COURT BUILDING TOLD TO LEAVE
Tert.am
15:52 ~U 19.01.10
Today, at Yerevan’s Shengavit Community Court, whenthe judge read out
Nikol Pashinyan’s verdict, those in the court began to chant "Shame!
Shame!" The numerous protestors gathered outside the court building
also expressed the same sentiment to the verdict that Pashinyan would
be imprisoned for seven years; in fact, many were crying.
The crowd outside the building also chanted "We are all Nikol" and
"Fight, fight till the end!" After hearing this last slogan, police
and special military units began to get in close, demanding that
demonstrators vacate the court premises, with many officers forcibly
pushing people aside.
Police backed down somewhat when Armenian National Congress
representatives announced to demonstrators to go home. Oddly enough,
in all the hustle and bustle, no one seems to have noticed how they
took Pashinyan away.