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As of 7.00 pm Yerevan time 

As of 7.00 pm, 233 protesters were detained and taken to the divisions of the RA Police.

At the moment, the acts of blocking streets are mostly over, and only several streets remain blocked.

Protesters are heading for the place of the rally.

The rally at the Republic Square in Yerevan is again scheduled for 7.00 pm.

As of 5.30 pm Yerevan time 

As of 5.30 pm, the number of persons detained and taken to police stations is 217.

The protest actions continue in Yerevan and other parts of Armenia. Streets in Yerevan and other roads in Armenia remain blocked.

The RA Police again called to “follow the exhortations of the RA Police and cease the unlawful acts.”

As of 4.00 pm Yerevan time 

The protest actions are continuing in different streets of Yerevan.

The number of persons detained and taken to police stations reached 183.

As of 2.30 pm Yerevan time 

The RA Police announced that the persons in civilian clothing carrying out the detention of citizens are police officers, and that the police bear the entire responsibility for their actions.

Later, the RA Police announced that the acts of blocking streets in cars are particularly dangerous. Nikol Pashinyan called to carry out these acts at the rally yesterday evening.

The RA Police statement mentions that the Police will have to use proportionate legal measures of impact as established by the law with the aim of preventing such offenses.

The RA Police reported to politik.am that the number of detained persons reached 107 as of 1.00 pm.

As of 1.00 pm Yerevan time 

The RA Police reported to aravot.am that there were 52 detained persons as of 11.00 am.

Ashot Pashinyan, the son of the leader of the movement Nikol Pashinyan, was also detained in the morning. He has also been released.

The RA Police called upon ՛՛citizens participating in the assembly to comply with the proper fulfillment of their obligations established by the law, not hindering the exercise of the lawful powers of the police in order to avoid the use of lawful legal measures of impact for the aforementioned offenses. At the same time, the police are ready to support the holding of the peaceful assembly in a place which does not lead to the disproportionate restriction of others’ rights and freedoms՛՛.

As of 12.00 Yerevan time 

Protesters alert that they are detained by persons in civilian clothing as well, who are most likely police officers.

Police officers tried to also detain Tirayr Muradyan, the journalist who was beaten up by persons in civilian clothing yesterday. He was explaining for a long time that he is a journalist and was showing his badge, but the police officers were adamant.

We received information, according to which he was later returned to the place of the assembly, where he had been detained.

Davit Sanasaryan, who was detained in the morning, has already been released.

As of 11.00 am Yerevan time 

This morning, April 20, a number of protesters were detained, including Davit Sanasaryan, one of the leaders of the movement.

At night, Tigran Mazmanyan, who was arrested for entering the building of the Armenian Public Radio, was taken into custody.

The RA Police reported to “Azatutyun” (Freedom) Radio Station that 37 protesters were detained as of 10.30 Yerevan time.