Thursday, March 8, 2012

PHOTOS: Women Occupy Mashtots Park (Live Blog)

4:30 pm: The numerous barricades surrounding the kiosks have been removed and all women are being permitted to enter the kiosks. Police are still on site but not hindering activists’ activity. Those gathered in the downtown Yerevan park are singing national songs and dancing.

Local environmentalist Mariam Sukhudyan has issued a call on her Facebook page to all women to join them and save the park. She points out that the time has come to join their struggle not only in spirit but also physically.

4:15 pm: Following negotiations with activists, police opted to remove the barricades surrounding the kiosks.

Armenian News

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