Wednesday, July 20 2016 08:21

Facts of human rights violation were registered during yesterday's peaceful rally in Liberty Square in Yerevan, the Armenian Human Rights Defender's Office reports.

The Ombudsman's Office urges the police to observe the law, ruling out ungrounded interference and violation of the demonstrators' rights, and to avoid using ungrounded physical force. The Ombudsman's Office also calls on the demonstrators to maintain the peaceful nature of the protests and to avoid using aggression and insults against the law enforcers.

The Ombudsman's Office recalls that based on the alarms and media reports about violence against the detained citizens, requests have been submitted to the Armenian Special Investigative Service to initiate procedures in accordance with the Code of Criminal Procedure. The Office also promises to be consistent and to control the course of consideration of these requests.

Earlier the Ombudsman's Office reported that Armenian Human Rights Defender Arman Tatoyan has applied to the Special Investigative Service over the facts of violence against the detained citizens, including activists David Sanasaryan, Vaghinak Shushanyan and other civil activists.