Tuesday, May 14 2024 17:43

ArmInfo. One of the participants in the peaceful protests taking place these days in Yerevan against  the backdrop of unilateral concessions by the Armenian authorities suffered a broken leg due to the disproportionate actions of the "Red Berets." This is stated in a statement by the Five Human Rights  Defenders initiative.

According to the statement, the incident occurred today, May 14, on  Sakharov Square.  "Today, May 14, during one of the peaceful protests  initiated by the "Tavush for the Motherland" movement, during an  attempt to organize an unjustified encirclement near Sakharov Square  in Yerevan, as a result of the use of disproportionate force by the  "red berets", RA citizen Karen Gevorgyan's leg was broken.

Human rights activists Arsen Babayan and Carlos Avagyan visited  Gevorgyan at the Mashtots police station. On our initiative, a crime  report was filed.

We are confident that this shameful incident was possible because in  none of the previous cases was a single Red Beret brought to justice,  and open patronage was carried out for political reasons.  Therefore,  we have the right not to trust the ability of law enforcement  officials to properly investigate the fact of Karen Gevorgyan's  bodily harm . However, we demand a proper investigation while fully  protecting the principle of transparency," the statement further  said.

As ArmInfo previously reported today, these days representatives of  Armenian law enforcement agencies are using disproportionate,  unprovoked aggression against both participants in peaceful protests  and the media representatives.

This morning, a police car hit Mediahub.am journalist Nare Gevorgyan  at a pedestrian crossing, on a green light. Yesterday, two media  representatives were injured due to the actions of the police.  Citizens are detained without explanation; in many cases, they are  taken off the sidewalks using brute force.  Representatives of  Western diplomatic missions, who before the so-called Velvet  Revolution issued several condemning statements a day in similar  situations, today remain deeply silent. They turn a blind eye to both  the violation of the right to freedom of assembly and peaceful  protests, and the violation of media rights.