ArmInfo. The Armenian police have finally opened the road for participants of the Tavush for Peace  movement.

ArmInfo. The intention of the Armenian Police to extend the cordon around the opera house until 22:00 instead of the previously announced date of 20:00 caused anger of  leader of the Tavush for the Motherland movement, Primate of the Tavush diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan.

ArmInfo.The concentration of police forces near the opera house is due to the need to ensure the  safety of about 2 thousand guests who arrived at the event of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Chief of the RA Police, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of the RA Aram Hovhannisyan told reporters on May 15.

ArmInfo.Very soon we will sit at the same table with all the political forces of Armenia, regardless of their position and ideology. This was stated by Primate of the Tavush diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church, the leader of  the "Tavush for the Motherland" movement Bagrat Srbazan during a protest on May 15.

ArmInfo.Heavy police forces have been deployed near the National Opera and Ballet Theater, where  the international forum of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development was held on May 15. Based on the concentration of law enforcement agencies, it can be concluded that almost all law enforcement forces, including those from the areas adjacent to Yerevan, are involved in maintaining public order in the area of  Freedom Square.

ArmInfo. More than half of the respondents in Armenia positively assess the "Tavush for the Motherland" movement, initiated by  Primate of the Tavush Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan, according to the results of the "Leadership" survey of MPG consulting company.

ArmInfo. After our yesterday's announcement about holding a protest rally near the Opera House,  where a major event of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will take place, the current authorities are in a panic, reads a message of the movement "Tavush in the name of the  Motherland".

ArmInfo. Based on the received application from the Ministry of Finance in order to ensure public  order and security in connection with the event organized within the framework of the International Forum of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), which will be held at the National Academic Opera and Ballet Theater named after. A. Spendiaryan, The police will close the streets adjacent to the opera  building to traffic.

ArmInfo.The Azatazen organization issued a statement in connection with the illegal detention of one of the co-founders of the organization, Ishkhan Gevorgyan, and four of his comrades.

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.

ArmInfo. The whole city is filled with car horns, the drivers of which welcome the actions aimed  at removing the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, the leader of the Tavush for the Motherland movement, Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan, told reporters about this on May 14.

ArmInfo. The entire Armenian people today are in a state of fatigue due to the actions of the Armenian authorities, the leader of the "Tavush for the Motherland" movement, Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan, told reporters on May 14.

ArmInfo. The actions of the "red berets" (special police forces - ed.) against citizens during the  civil disobedience actions on May 13 were clearly punitive in nature,  and most of them had nothing to do with legal norms, reads a  statement by the ex-Ombudsman of Armenia, human rights activist Arman  Tatoyan.

ArmInfo. All 156 civil activists who, at the call of the opposition "Tavush for the Motherland"   movement, blocked the streets of Yerevan demanding the resignation of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, have been released, the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Armenia reports.

ArmInfo.The Union of Journalists of Armenia (UJA) strongly condemns all police brutality  against journalists carrying out their professional activities, calls on the leadership of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to restrain the instincts of its employees, and the Investigative Committee to stop the practice of applying double standards. This is stated in the statement of the UJA.

ArmInfo. The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention drew attention to the policies of Armenian  Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and members of his team, which are at odds with the fundamental principles of genocide prevention, genocide recognition and justice, and which directly relates to Armenian  national security issues.

ArmInfo. The processes taking place in Armenia today were discussed at the round table "Problems around Armenia and their possible solutions" that took place the day before. Experts and political scientists, representatives of public organizations took part in the public discussion.

ArmInfo.As of 10.40 am in Yerevan, the police brought in 134 participants in the disobedience action,  press secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Narek Sargsyan told an ArmInfo correspondent.  

ArmInfo. The order to use brute and disproportionate force by the police against participants in  peaceful protests, and in some cases, clearly brazen behavior of the police, was given directly by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, opposition MP Tigran Abrahamyan wrote on his  Facebook account. 

ArmInfo. An action of civil disobedience started early today in the center of Yerevan. Activists  and supporters of the Tavush for the Motherland movement began to block the streets with garbage cans and street benches, and the police indiscriminately detained citizens.