Police dismantled barricades in downtown Yerevan - ForumDaily
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Police dismantled barricades in downtown Yerevan

Police officers dismantled the barricades set by the participants of the protest action against the increase in electricity tariffs on Baghramian Avenue in the center of Yerevan.

The trash bins from which the barricades were made came from their owners, representatives of Sanitek.

The Interfax correspondent on the scene reported the arrest of several demonstrators, without becoming yet to clarify the details of what happened. Movement along Baghramian Avenue, he added, has been restored.

RIA Novosti, in turn, reports that 10 demonstrators were detained on Baghramyan Avenue.

Earlier, the Armenian police stated that the demonstrators must dismantle the barricades before 11: 30 Moscow time, in order for the traffic along Baghramian Avenue to be restored. Otherwise, the statement said, the police themselves “will remove objects that interfere with the movement.”

At the same time, the police statement emphasized that the demonstrators could continue the protest if it was not held on the roadway.

Protests against the rise in electricity prices have been held in Armenia since June 19.
On the morning of June 23, the rally participants in Yerevan were dispersed by the police, while it used water cannons. After that, the demonstration became even more widespread, and to the demands to refuse to increase electricity tariffs, the call was added to bring to justice those responsible for dispersing demonstrators.
In late June, it became known that the Armenian authorities agreed to conduct an audit of the decision to raise tariffs.
In early July, in connection with the crackdown on the protest in Yerevan, a criminal case was opened. Police officers are suspected of exceeding official authority, as well as of obstructing the professional activities of journalists.
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