An Artsakh war veteran and a member of the apposition Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) party, Giorgi Arestakesyan, better known as “grandpa Zhora”, has been charged with allegedly “assaulting” a police officer at opposition protests in Yerevan, his lawyer Mikayel Shkhimyan said on Friday.

In a public post on Facebook, the lawyer stressed the elderly man was the one who actually suffered injuries while being detained by police officers during car rallies on May 16. He also shared a video of the detention.

“The video shows what happened actually. Giorgi Arestakesyan’s injuries were confirmed by a forensic doctor. He filed a crime report, but ended up being charged himself,” Shkhimyan said.