Armenia's main opposition alliance organized a picket in front of the Government Reception House on Tuesday demanding the release of its jailed members that it views as political prisoners.
The six-hour picket proceeded as inside the government building a three-day forum of the Council of Europe entitled "For the Future of Democracy" kicked off in the afternoon.
Top Council of Europe officials, including Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland, CE Parliamentary Assembly President Mevlut Cavusoglu, Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner Thomas Hammarberg and other foreign officials had come to Yerevan to attend the forum.
Armenian News
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