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In the reporting period of April-June, 2015 85 cases of human rights violations by the police were revealed during the media monitoring. Compared to the previous quarter, the number of cases increased by 29 (or by 52%).

 49 of the recorded violations occurred either during the assemblies or as a result thereof; compared to the past quarter this number grew by 11 (or 29%), and the number of individual violations grew by 18 (or 50%).

10 types of human rights were violated during the first quarter, and 12 types during the second quarter. During both quarters the largest number of violations were regarding the right to peaceful and unarmed assembly and the right to personal freedom and immunity, and the rate of violations of the former right increased by 1 (or by 5.3%); and that of the latter right by 9 (or by 75%). It is quite noteworthy that the cases of individual violations of the right to personal freedom and immunity increased by 7 (or by 233%), while violation of the same right during assemblies – by 2 (or by 22%). Also, it should be noted that during the 1^st quarter 2 cases of violation of a journalist’s rights were revealed, whereas the same rate for the 2^nd quarter was 9, with 6 occurring during assemblies, and 5 accompanied with violation of some other rights (right to be free from inhuman or degrading treatment, right to personal freedom and immunity, right to be free from physical violence, right to security of property) as well. Also, the rate of violations of the right to be free from physical violence increased from 4 to 11, with 4 occurring during assemblies, and 1 also violating a journalist’s rights. 5 individual cases of violation of the right to be free from inhuman or degrading treatment (increased by 1 compared with the previous quarter) and 6 violations of the same right during assemblies (increased by 2) were recorded in the 2^nd quarter of 2015. Individual violations also included violation of some other rights such as the right to an effective legal remedy (3 violations were revealed during the 1^st quarter and 4 violations during the 2^nd quarter), the right to be free from unlawful searches in one’s residence (1 violation was revealed during the 1^st quarter and 3 violations during the 2^nd quarter), the right to information (3 violations were revealed during the 1^st quarter and 1 violation during the 2^nd quarter), the right to freedom of expression (no individual cases of violations were recorded the 1^st quarter and 2 violations were recorded during the 2^nd quarter) and the right to legal assistance (no individual cases of violations were recorded the 1^st quarter and 1 violation was recorded during the 2^nd quarter). Also, apart from the right to personal freedom and immunity, journalists’ rights, the right to be free from physical violence and the right to be free from inhuman or degrading treatment, which were violated the most during or as a result of participating in peaceful and unarmed assemblies and were mentioned above, the following rights were also violated: the right to security of property (no cases of violations were recorded the 1^st quarter and 3 violations were recorded during the 2^nd quarter), the right to effective legal remedy (3 violations were revealed during the 1^st quarter and 1 violation was recorded during the 2^nd quarter), the right to freedom of expression (no cases of violations were recorded the 1^st quarter and 1 violations was recorded during the 2^nd quarter).

 Like the 1^st quarter, most of the violations in the 2^nd quarter were recorded in Yerevan, but their rate increased by 31 (or by 86%) reaching 67. In Gyumri, the rate totaled 7, decreasing by 50% compared to the previous quarter.

 In 22 out of the 56 cases of human rights violations recorded in the 1^st quarter of 2015, a total of 123 violations occurred, but it is unknown how many times human rights were violated during the remaining 34 cases.

 In 59 out of the 85 cases of human rights violations recorded in the 2^nd quarter of 2015, a total of 434 violations occurred, what refers to the remaining 26 cases, it is unknown how many times human rights were violated during those cases. Hence, the 2^nd quarter of 2015 showed a 2.5-times increased rate of the cases for which it was possible to determine the number of persons whose rights were violated, and the rate of violations increased by 3.5. It is noteworthy that most cases with unclear number of violated rights or victims of violations occurred during assemblies with participants totaling from several tens to several hundreds.

See the report here.