Passions calm down in Yerevan park (photos)

The situation in Yerevan’s Mashtots Park was calm in the morning after a Wednesday clash between the police and activists.
The group is said to be planning a protest in front of the Government building later today.

“We’ll gather together and head towards the Government building to voice our protest there. Forty-three of us spent the night here,” Yehghia Nersisyan, an activist, told Tert.am.

The group declared a sit-in protest in the park on March 13, calling upon the municipal authorities to dismantle the kiosks placed there. Yesterday night, the policemen dragged the only tent from the area through force, notwithstanding the people sleeping inside.  Read more... (153 words, 5 images)

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