Police detain 154 citizens rallying outside Armenian parliament

Emil Lazarian 2020
Panorama, Armenia
Law 16:18 16/06/2020Armenia

Police have detained some 154 citizens rallying in support of the opposition Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) leader, lawmaker Gagik Tsarukyan outside the Armenian National Assembly as of 1:30pm Tuesday, the police press service told Panorama.am.

They were apprehended for violating the coronavirus-related state of emergency rules and defying police orders.

The Armenian parliament is today debating a motion to strip Tsarukyan of his immunity and launch criminal proceedings against him sought by the prosecutor general. 

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS