Environnement : affrontement à Երևան Erevan – 4 avril 2012

Police Clash With Yerevan Park Protesters

azatutyun.am

04.04.2012

Riot police used force against environmental campaigners on Wednesday in a continuing standoff over the controversial construction of kiosks in a small public park in downtown Yerevan.

The violence erupted after two dozen intellectuals and other public figures broke through a police cordon to occupy some of the under-construction shops placed there last month. Police officers pushed them out moments later but did not arrest anyone despite an earlier warning.

The warning was issued late last week after a group of prominent Armenians joined in more than month-long protests staged in Mashtots Park by dozens of younger activists on a virtually daily basis. They threatened to dismantle the kiosks if the authorities do not do that themselves by Wednesday. Read more…