A group of lawyers on Monday staged a protest against police violence outside the Prosecutor General's Office in Yerevan. They “gifted” a TV set with a red ribbon to Armenia’s chief prosecutor.

The protest was sparked by an incident in which lawyer Karen Alaverdyan was beaten up by police officers while representing his client at a police station in Yerevan earlier in June.

"When the chief prosecutor was asked in the parliament about the progress in the investigation into the violence, she said she was not aware of the incident," Arsen Babayan said.

"Today, we have brought the prosecutor general a TV as a gift, so that she would have the opportunity to watch not only the Public TV, but also other channels to learn about violence against lawyers in police custody," he added.