Lawyer not allowed to meet with detained citizen in Vanadzor
19:49, April 21, 2018 | News, Own newsL. S. turned to HCA Vanadzor sometime between 3.00 pm and 4.00 pm today. While driving in a car with her husband H. S. in Vanadzor, 10 police officers approached them and subjected them to violence.
L. S. informed that when her husband stopped the car on the pedestrian crossing in order to make way for a pedestrian, the police officers approached the car and, after her husband had got out of the car, attacked him and used violence against him and then forced him into a traffic police car.
As reported by L. S., the police officers tried to use violence against her as well and seize the car keys; however, she managed to avoid this and left.
At the moment, HCA Vanadzor lawyer Arayik Zakyan is at the Taron Division of the Police in Vanadzor, but he is not allowed to meet with the detained person.