ArmInfo. Doctor of the university hospital, lecturer of the Yerevan Medical University. Heraci Hayk Hovhannisyan today, on April 23, was beaten by policemen at the building of the medical university.
According to Hovhannisyan, the incident occurred when, this morning during a student strike, he noticed how policemen dragged girls of 18-20 years by their hair, trying to expose them to the drive. After Hovhannisyan tried to shame them for this, the law and order forces began to beat him. According to the victim, there was a feeling that they were enjoying their actions. Hayk Hovhannisyan received numerous fractures and injuries. It should be reminded that this morning students of Yerevan universities, including the medical university, went on strike and went out to protest against the arrest of opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan and Serzh Sargsyan's premiership.
It is reported that the participants of the April war in 2016, who headed today one of the marches are currently on the square of France and demand a meeting with the deputies. Note that according to the data at 00.00 the number of people subjected to the drive reached 315 people. As of 12.15 on April 23, 50 people were taken to the police stations. At the same time, according to the data at 11.00 on April 23, 4 people who suffered during the protests in Yerevan remain in hospitals.
In the meantime, as the medical staff told ArmInfo correspondent, the management of medical centers, as well as a number of state structures, not only do not allow their employees to participate in protest actions, but they are also forbidden to look out of windows when protesters march under them. All those who dared to violate this instruction, threatened with dismissal.