Lawyer Amram Makinyan says an Armenian woman detained by police during anti-government protests has been unlawfully held in police custody for several hours now.

"The level of human rights protection in Nikol’s “democratic Armenia” is setting new records,” he wrote on Facebook on Saturday.

“A detainee, who is a young woman, continues to be held in police custody after the expiry of the specified period (more than 6 hours now). Long live Nikol’s democracy!” the lawyer sneered.