Reports on Acts of Violence on July 6 Submitted to SIS
16:46, July 9, 2015 | News, Own newsOn July 7, 2015, the Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly Vanadzor submitted crime reports on the violence by the police against certain protesters while dispersing the peaceful electricity rate hike protest on July 6.
The report is based on relevant mass media coverage focused on specific acts of violence against certain persons. Thus, www.aravot.am website published the comments of Vaghinak Shushanyan that he suffered ill-treatment on the way to the police car to be apprehended to the police department, and in the car, his friends were hit.
In his interview to www.aravot.am, David Sanasaryan stated: “I suffered violence in the police car. Now I feel just a little bit weak. I got a hit on my head.” According to the coverage on the www.aravot.am website of July 6, 2015, the police officers beat minor Edul Yedigaryan while apprehending him to the police. The coverage on the www.news.am website of July 6, 2015 mentioned that the police used violence while apprehending the protesters on Baghramyan Avenue.
The media coverage is based on the words of Tigran Kirishchyan, a 16-year-old minor protester who was also forcibly apprehended to the Arabkir Police Department and then released as the police officers found that he was a minor. Based on all these cases, the HCA Vanadzor Office submitted reports to the RA Prosecutor General on establishing these facts, initiating criminal proceedings and holding liable those responsible for the offense.