ArmInfo. Taguhi Tovmasyan, Chair of the RA NA Standing Committee on Human Rights Protection and Public Affairs, reported that she had received complaints about the use of disproportionate force by the police against participants of war as well as about the illegal
detention of citizens. "For about an hour, more than 3,000 citizens gathered in front of the building of the former Ministry of Defense on the Yerevan-Gyumri highway, blocking the road and demanding an answer why the Yeghvard power grid stopped supplying electricity to the former building of the Ministry of Defense. During this period, I received a number of reports of violations of the rights of citizens who raised their voices of protest. In the morning I will write letters to the relevant authorities in connection with issues related to the protection of the rights of detainees and the demands made by citizens who have raised their voices of protest. I demand that the RA police refrain from using disproportionate force and be guided by the best interests of the citizen in any actions," Tovmasyan wrote